Everywhere she turned the answer was the same. But it simply wasn’t possible for $900,000 [the amount Ofelia and Rosa calculated had been deposited during Martín and Ofelia’s travels] to disappear in an instant. Clearly they weren’t spending that much on their lives. What’s more, no one came forth to tell her about the bolita income. And you know that note from Miguel Angel Cano? When Pedro became Martín’s guardian, he got Cano to pay it, in full, in two payments! In my book the way Pedro treated her was criminal. She wanted the money to take care of Martín. He had helped everyone all his
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