My son disappeared 5 years ago. The police never looked for him.
They told me he’d probably gone to another country for work, but I know something happened to him. Martín would never have abandoned me. I had contact with him before he disappeared.
Consuelo hesitated for a moment. Then she went inside and came back with a crumpled letter. This arrived three days before she disappeared. Read it yourself. Dolores took the letter with trembling hands.
Mom, if anything happens to me, I want you to know that I saw something terrible at the house where I work, something that involves very powerful people.
I can’t say more in a letter, but I’m keeping evidence in a safe place. If anyone asks, say, “You don’t know anything. I love you.”
“Where did your son Martín keep the evidence?” Dolores asked. “I don’t know, but if Martín says he has it, he has it.”
