They had known each other since university. According to phone records I was able to obtain, Sara spoke with Beatriz the night before she died.
A 40-minute phone call. Beatriz Sánchez, a relative of Aurelio, his cousin, but they haven’t spoken in years. There was a family fight some time ago.
Beatriz lives on the outskirts of the city. She is a retired nurse. Dolores visited Beatriz that same afternoon.
She was a 60-year-old woman who lived alone with three cats and memories of better times. Sara called me that night, Beatriz confirmed. She was scared.
She told me she’d discovered something about Gonzalo, Ramiro’s brother, a fraud involving their parents’ will. What else did she tell me? That Gonzalo had been harassing her since before they were married.
Ramiro never knew. Sara didn’t want to cause problems between the siblings, but in recent months Gonzalo had become more aggressive.
He threatened her if she didn’t keep quiet about the will. Why did she never report this to the police? Beatriz lowered her gaze.
