“I am so sorry,” Soledad said.

“You trusted me.

I put you under so a thief could walk past your bed.

There is no forgiveness large enough for that, and I am not going to ask you for any.” Amparo said nothing.

But she did not look away, either, and there was something in her steadiness that was harder for Soledad to bear than any accusation.

Chapter 15 — The House Wakes

Inmaculada did not waste the night on weeping.

She woke the house.