They made us sleep on the floor with my children… Three days later, my mother called me 98 times begging for forgiveness.

we having breakfast with Grandma?”

“No, my love,” I said. “Today we’re going to the market with Aunt Inés.”

So we went.

Among tamales, sweet bread, orange juice, and crowded stalls, my children smiled again.

But the peace didn’t last.

That afternoon, my mother called. Then my father. Then Vanessa. By Sunday night, my phone would not stop vibrating.

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