“I’ve thought about it,” Amparo said, when Inmaculada asked her.

“You want to know if I can forgive her.”

“I want to know what you think should happen,” Inmaculada said.

“You are the one she harmed most.

Your voice should weigh most.” Amparo was quiet for a while.

“I don’t know about forgiveness,” she said at last.

“That may come, or it may not, and I won’t lie and say it’s already here.

But I know the difference between the person who built this and the person who was trapped inside it.