The Bridge That Remembers
The river still churned violently behind them, but the watcher’s shadow had retreated beneath the surface—circling, waiting, watching. Marisol lay on the bank, soaked and shaking, the spiral on her palm dimming slowly like an ember cooling in the dark. Ana held her shoulders. “You scared the hell out of us.” Sofía wiped her eyes. “You were under for so long. I thought—” Tomás knelt beside them, voice tight. “What did you see down there?” Marisol swallowed hard. Her voice—still echoing faintly—came out rough. “A stone. A symbol. A memory.” Ana frowned. “A memory of what?” Marisol looked upstream. Toward the old bridge. “Of who pushed him.” Sofía’s breath caught. “The river boy?” Marisol nodded. Tomás stood slowly. “Then that’s where we go.” Ana groaned. “Of course it is. Becaus
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