From outside my house, my mother-in-law shouted, “Why is the gate closed?”… A minute later, my husband called me begging me to open it, and I told him, “Put me on speakerphone,” because his whole family was going to find out the truth.

I felt no satisfaction.
Only relief.

Because sometimes, opening the door to “keep the peace” only allows people to destroy you more easily.

I watched one last time.

Ofelia getting into the car without a word.

Her sisters avoiding her.

Sergio standing still in front of the closed gate… realizing he hadn’t lost an argument—

He had lost everything.

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