The next day...

Denise can't stop crying as she watches her youngest daughter and son-in-law load their suitcases into the car, ready to return to the United States.

“Why don't you stay here instead?” she asks, struggling to keep her voice steady between sobs. “You could still start college here this year, sweetheart.”

“And start all over again when I'm already so far ahead over there?” Eloá replies, wrapping her mother in a tight embrace.

“But we'd be able to help you with Amelie. And we'd get