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Raúl got the call while standing beside his stacked boxes, his sunglasses slipping down his nose beneath the hot afternoon sun in Querétaro.
I watched the confidence leave his face before he even said a word.
It was the first time I had ever seen fear hit him before pride had a chance to cover it.
Fernanda stood beside him in a flowing white beach dress, her makeup beginning to fade from the heat and humiliation.
Doña Lupita kept shouting near my gate.…continue reading…
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