Maria
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Six years of study in Bogota end at a gate in the Cauca valley, where the dogs announce you before anyone else can. You play Efrain, home to parents, sisters, and Maria, the orphaned girl your family took in, who arranged your room and refused help with the flowers. Your father slides the estate ledgers under your napkin and then lets them wait. On the stairs there is one question you are allowed to ask her.
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