CHAPTER 7
Well, this is the kind of urgent message Vidal mentioned, Rosalind thought several days later as she examined the carefully worded letter in her hand.
Dear Don Vidal,
Papá and I need your help.
As you know, he’s been declining for years, and he’s made several decisions that have undermined our client base. He has finally admitted he cannot continue and will retire, which leaves me in a precarious place.
We owe a large sum of money for pigs that cannot yet be delivered because they are too young and small. The… Here, Rosalind found a word scratched out, which she highly suspected to be a curse. The Garzas will not grant an extension. I believe they wish to buy out our operation, which you know has been in our family for many generations.
It breaks my heart to admit it, Don V
