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She Called It “Gold Rice” So the Boys Would Feel Safe. When the Man of the House Came Home Early, Everything Changed.

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Ezoic

Alejandro staggered backward.

“That can’t be true,” he said, barely able to speak. “I was told… I believed…”

Elena reached beneath her uniform and pulled out a worn locket.

Ezoic

Alejandro recognized it instantly.

It had belonged to Lucía.

Inside was a small photograph of the two of them, smiling. On the opposite side, engraved in delicate lettering, were words he had never seen before.

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“For my four miracles.”

Alejandro sank to the floor.

The children watched him with wide, uncertain eyes. The house that had been frozen in time suddenly felt unbearably alive.

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