I wasted the chance to learn it from him.

I’d like not to waste it twice.”

Chapter 34 — The Case Builds

The criminal case against Griselda moved forward over the following months, slowly and thoroughly, the way real cases do.

Financial examiners documented, transaction by transaction, how the insurance payout and the trust had been drained.

Medical experts reviewed the long record of Santiago’s injuries and the toxicology that the doctors had preserved.

Araceli’s recording was authenticated by specialists who confirmed the voices and the date.