At first, I thought he had simply come home early from work. What happened next made my stomach churn.
He walked over to his mother and murmured something in her ear. She nodded with a satisfied smile.
Then she pulled open the drawer where I keep my most personal items and removed a small red pouch—the one that holds my private belongings.
She unzipped it.
There were no jewels inside.
Instead… there were debt papers.
Documents I had never laid eyes on.
Doña Cora’s voice was clear in the recording:
“Hide these carefully. Don’t tell Liza anything. And remember, you keep half of the money she sends every month. That foolish girl is easy to control.”
It felt like my heart was being crushed.
The money I send him every month?
Debts hidden inside my own closet?
For what?
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