Throughout the evening, Jimena sat next to the older matrons, watching other young women her age dance elegantly with suitors who would never approach her.
Her mother-of-pearl fan trembled slightly in her hands as she tried to maintain a dignified smile, but inside she was crumbling piece by piece.
When the dance ended and the family returned home in their gilded carriage, the silence spoke louder than any reproach.
The next day, Don Patricio summoned his daughter to his office.
The walls lined with law books and maps of his extensive estates bore silent witness to the conversation that would forever change Jimena’s destiny.
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