An Ambulance Took My Mother to the Hospital—When I Returned for Her Medical Folder, I Found My Mother-in-Law Moving Into Her Apartment

And, crucially, Ophelia learned:

Not today

did not mean:

Convince me.

Raul learned that too.

So did I.

The cactus still sits on the balcony years later.

Lucia continues insisting it is named Rosario.