Mio marito ha invitato il suo capo a casa nostra, ma poco prima di arrivare mi ha guardato con disgusto e ha sussurrato: “Resta in camera da letto. Mi vergogno di averti visto così. Se il mio capo ti vede, rovinerai la mia promozione.”

never asked you to protect me from my friends.”

“You don’t remember what state you were in!”

“I remember exactly what state I was in seven years ago,” Mariana said, taking a step toward him. “What I want to know is why you were still telling those exact same lies five, six, seven years later.”

Alejandro had nothing to say.

“You also told Sergio that you routinely passed up career opportunities because of my ‘panic attacks,’” she added. “You turned my grief into a convenient professional excuse for your own