JOSHUA
My Estefanía, engaged to a mafioso. The shock hit my chest, leaving me breathless. They had gone through so much, and my wife had never told me anything. Why? Why had she kept all this to herself?
"Why didn't you tell us anything?" I spoke this time for both Misael and myself, who was just as shocked as I was.
"Because it's not easy to say we come from a family of mafioso politicians. People usually label you as a criminal... we're condemned just for being born into the wrong family. We fled our country; that's why we could keep our surnames if we kept a low profile." He wiped away the tears that wouldn't stop flowing. "For God's sake, Josué, I support you even more now. It's not easy to run away from home, especially if you were used to a life full of luxury."
"It was hard for
