It had simply been sitting in offshore accounts and luxury cars and real estate in my parents’ names, while the family it was meant to protect went without, and suffered, and in one case nearly died.

The truth, when it came out, did not tear my family apart.

It revealed that greed had already torn it apart, long ago, and that we were only now learning how.

Chapter 16 — The Apologies

When the preliminary forensic audit was distributed to the extended family, the apologies began to come in, and they were not easy to receive.

My Aunt Marcela wept openly over the phone.

“Daniela,” she said.