The bricklayer who raised three abandoned girls is left alone—until, 20 years later, they walk into a courtroom to save the man who once saved them.

still living in the same small house with the same boots by the door.

Until one afternoon, a patrol car arrived.

He was accused of stealing 1,200,000 pesos in construction materials intended for the school.

Cement, rebar, paint, water tanks, electrical wiring.

All supposedly signed out by him.

Don Aurelio looked at the documents with trembling hands.

“I continue reading …