Teach me
At the same time she longed to ease the longing caused by the forced separation, she worried.
"Tomás? Is everything okay?"
"Hi, Tata! Everything's fine with me, and with you?" he returned, his voice worried and laden with nervousness. "I miss you."
Tábata smiled. Tomás had always been the most affectionate of her brothers, the only one who treated her well.
"I'm as well as can be expected, and I miss you too. How are you? How are things there?" she asked, trying to keep the conversation light, but feeling the tightness in her chest. The expulsion, the lack of welcome from her family, still hurt.