“Yes, you are very beautiful, put on your wedding dress and marry me…”, the rich man said to the beggar woman.

Alejandro understood that she wasn’t going to tell him any more, so he changed the subject.

—Does he know how to do anything besides survive?

Lupita looked up, almost offended.

—I was a literature teacher at a private high school.

That surprised him.
—Then I have a proposal. My daughter, Camila, is sixteen years old. She’s brilliant at almost everything, except Spanish and literature. She needs private lessons. If you accept, she can work with us.