She Spent Decades Caring for Everyone Else. Then She Bought a Ticket and Sailed Away

first. Then his sister Lucía. Then Marta. Then Daniel again, several times in a row, until the notifications stacked up like a wall.

Carmen let her coffee cool slightly. She watched the harbor. She did not rush to respond.

When she finally opened the messages, the first one from Daniel contained a photo of the dogs sitting in the back of his car.

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