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.

bread under her napkin because she was afraid there would be nothing to eat the next day.

Don Aurelio brought out several old boxes from a wardrobe.

“I kept everything,” he said.

Inside were notebooks.

Dozens of them.

Each one filled with dates, materials received, repairs completed, teachers’ signatures, photographs taped in, and notes written in unsteady continue reading …