Patricia settled into a routine that kept her sane: work, home, children, Sunday mass, occasional visits to the empty grave Doña Marta had insisted on buying in Guadalajara. “For when we find him,” the old woman would say. A faith Patricia could no longer share.
By 2020—14 years later—life had continued as it always does. Mexico City grew, changed. Lindavista transformed. Patricia’s children became young adults. She learned to live with pain as a constant companion.
And then came September 2023—17 years later—and everything changed in the most impossible way imaginable.
