
17/09/2025
“Ask the angel.” That’s exactly what Nina did. Her companion’s expression didn’t change from where he towered over her abuela’s grave—he stared stony and gray, with the chiselled edges of a solemn mouth as she told him about the secret she’d kept tightly locked up all day. Laying back on the grass, curly hair damp with dew, she said, “Mami lied again....
“Ask the angel.” That’s exactly what Nina did. Her companion’s expression didn’t change from where he towered over her abuela’s grave—he stared stony and gray, with the chiselled edges of a solemn …