Rosa nods. “She came in while I was dusting. She was angry because I moved a perfume bottle. She told me not to touch anything expensive with my poor hands.”
Anatomy
Your jaw tightens.
The children look down.
They have heard words like that before. Maybe from neighbors. Maybe from strangers. Maybe from the world itself. But you realize they should never have heard them from your house.
Rosa continues carefully. “She put the ring on her finger before I left the room. I saw it.”
You remember Valeria screaming.
You remember her pointing at Rosa without hesitation.
You remember how quickly you believed her.
Not because there was proof.
