“Yes.”
Elena cursed quietly.
Gabriel said, “I’m coming home.”
“No,” Mariana said. “You both have lives. I have an attorney.”
Elena’s voice shook. “Mom, this was Grandma’s money.”
“I know.”
Rosa had died when Mariana was thirty-nine, on a tour bus returning from California. The settlement had not felt like wealth. It had felt like a price placed on a life continue reading …