I left the hospital carrying my daughter’s ashes when my husband finally called from wherever he was with his mistress and coldly said, “The bill has been taken care of. Stop bothering me.” I didn’t argue with him. I didn’t allow him to hear my voice break.

I closed my eyes in silence.

It should have felt like a massive victory.

It didn’t.

Then Daniel continued speaking over the phone.

“There is something else you need to know.”

Investigators reviewing Ximena’s deleted computer accounts had recovered a hidden file she had tried to erase before her arrest.