My husband had been in his coffin only a few hours when my mother-in-law demanded our house keys.

Doña Teresa placed the fake papers on top of Julián’s coffin and leaned toward me.

“You are leaving the house today. The accounts are frozen. The cars, the properties, the company… everything returns to the real family.”

I stared at the coffin, wishing I could wake up from the nightmare. The morning before Julián left, he had said something strange to me.

“Whatever happens, trust Arturo. I’ve already handled everything.”

Arturo was his lawyer.