Nothing could calm me down. The entire day had felt like one endless, exhausting grind. Part of me felt trapped in some kind of limbo, as though I’d already died and was doomed to relive this single day forever, never finding any peace or resolution.Carlos and Julia had done everything they could to keep my mind occupied. Julia and I had spent hours in the kitchen baking, she taught me how to make all kinds of things: yeast bread, empanada dough, homemade donuts, biscuits, and more. The guys would come home to an absolute feast if things went right. I kept telling myself they would come home.There’s only so much baking you can do, though. After dinner, Carlos spent a couple of hours sharing stories about Leo and his brothers when they were little, the dumb stunts they pulled, the broken bones, the scraped knees. It was a nice distraction for a while, but even then, every story circled back to Leo. My thoughts kept drifting from the reckless kid in the memories to the grown man who w
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