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Miguel hung his head. Alfonso didn’t say a word but the tears running down his round cheeks

confirmed the worst.

Mama fainted.
Abuelita and Hortensia ran to her side.

Esperanza felt her heart drop. A noise came from her mouth and slowly, her first breath of grief grew

into a tormented cry. She fell to her knees and sank into a dark hole of despair and disbelief.