The events that followed the rest of the morning and throughout the weekend were nothing short of a miracle to Julianna and her mother.
When Rojo had made the comment and had their full attention on him, he had advanced to where Sophia sat and went down on his knees. Julianna’s mouth had fallen open.
“I had no idea what came over me last night. You know that I've never raised a hand at either you or her '' —Rojo nodded at Julianna’s general direction — “until last night. It's never happened before and I feel so bad that it did last night. I felt like a very terrible man for hurting his wife and daughter.”
Julianna and Sophia were too stunned to pick. The only sound that could be heard in the pause was the drip-drip of the kitchen tap water.
Rojo waited for another full minute and then
