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Valeria said nothing. She just reached over and took Lucía’s hand, squeezing until her knuckles turned white.

Valeria was the caretaker. She carried band-aids in her pocket, a spare hair tie on her wrist, and the weight of her father’s silence on her shoulders. She never spoke of the way her mother cried in the kitchen when she thought no one was listening. jovencitas

“Promise me,” Isabela whispered, lying on her back and staring at the stars smeared across the sky. “Promise we won’t forget each other.” Valeria said nothing