At 4:30 he asked me for a divorce while I was cooking for his family—but he didn’t know I already had everything I needed to end his carefully built life.

from Andrés, from his father, and from a woman named Daniela Castañeda.

Mariana knew that name.

Daniela was “the family friend.” An elegant woman who always appeared at gatherings, baptisms, and important dinners. Doña Mercedes treated her like a daughter. Fabiola called her “godmother.” Andrés said she was a consultant.

But Mariana remembered how Daniela continue reading …