The first report reached him that same night, and every line of it was worse than the last.

Griselda had taken control of Araceli’s life-insurance payout and of a trust that Gael had left for his child, and over the years a large part of both had drained away — into gambling, into trips, into things bought and discarded.

That alone would have been enough to bring the law down on her.

But there was more, and the more was what made Aurelio’s hands go cold.

There were medical records.