They mocked him as poor and useless for years—until the night they humiliated him exposed who had been after his money all along

daughter helped plan my disappearance while I was still alive.”

I pressed play on a recording. Rodrigo’s voice filled the kitchen:

“The old man thinks we actually want him at the wedding. Poor thing, he doesn’t even realize.”

Then I played another. It was Lucía:

“Dad always falls for it. You just have to make him feel important.”

Rodrigo said nothing.

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