—Rosa? What are you doing?
Lorena shouted from behind:
—She’s gone crazy! She’s going to hurt him!
Rosa took a deep breath. Mateo looked at her without fear, only with hope.
“Hang on, my love,” he whispered. “I’m going to get rid of what’s killing you.”
He placed the tweezers on the edge of the plaster.
Crack.
The first cut sounded as if the whole house had split apart.
And then, through the opening, came a smell so sweet and rotten that Rosa realized the truth was much worse than she had imagined.
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