The rays of the morning sunlight sneaked through the gaps on the sides of the curtains in Catalina’s room, gently caressing the floor and then the bed in the room. Catalina slowly stirred herself out of her subconscious. As she started to open her eyes, her mind began to unravel the events of the previous day.
She smiled a smile of gratitude as she remembered the trip they had taken the day before. She felt grateful that she visited her mother’s grave and spent some time in her childhood bed. As she smiled at the thought, she also remembered how she got there, the revelation of Manuel’s betrayal had left her shattered but she found solace in the fact that it led her to her father.
Her mind wandered as she thought of Javier’s role in the events of the past two decades and she shook her
