Chapter 102— The Journey Ahead

Evening was falling in Colonia del Sacramento, that city of worn cobblestones and picturesque facades that seemed to hold stories in every crack in the walls. Julia, Guillermo’s daughter, sat in the courtyard of her home, her school backpack open and her mind lost in her mother’s words. The woman repeated in a measured voice, as if dispensing poison disguised as truth:

“Your father isn’t coming because he doesn’t want to… He’s probably with another woman. He’s lyi