By the next morning, Valeria had made one decision she refused to question, she was leaving Adrián.She woke before sunrise, but she did not feel rested. She had spent most of the night going through copies of the financial records, comparing dates and amounts until the numbers blurred together.The more she found, the less she recognized the man she had married. At seven in the morning, Adrián finally came home, Valeria heard the front door open from upstairs, she remained where she was.Usually, she would have gone downstairs to ask about his night. Usually, she would have pretended not to notice the unfamiliar perfume that sometimes clung to his shirts or the latenight calls he took in another room.Not today.A few minutes later, the bedroom door opened and Adrián stepped inside, still wearing the dark suit from the previous evening. He looked tired, but not worried.His eyes went immediately to the suitcase beside the wardrobe then to Valeria. “You're leaving?” His voice carried
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