A very recent photograph.<\/p>\n
Only six months old.<\/p>\n
Lucia frowned.<\/p>\n
\u201cWho is that?\u201d<\/p>\n
Elena pointed at a handsome young man standing beside a pickup truck.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis name is Daniel.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nobody understood.<\/p>\n
Then Elena spoke.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is your brother.\u201d<\/p>\n
The room froze.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
Lucia stared at the picture.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have a brother?\u201d<\/p>\n
Elena nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe never stopped helping me look for you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lucia began crying again.<\/p>\n
Another family member.<\/p>\n
Another piece of her life.<\/p>\n
Returned.<\/p>\n
But while happiness filled the room\u2026<\/p>\n
Something very different was happening at the county jail.<\/p>\n
Eulalia had received news.<\/p>\n
News that terrified her.<\/p>\n
The detectives had found another witness.<\/p>\n
Someone from the hospital.<\/p>\n
Someone who had been there the night Matthew was stolen.<\/p>\n
An elderly nurse.<\/p>\n
Eighty-three years old.<\/p>\n
And dying.<\/p>\n
For years she had remained silent.<\/p>\n
For years she had lived with guilt.<\/p>\n
Now she wanted to confess everything before she died.<\/p>\n
The next morning she gave her statement.<\/p>\n
And her testimony revealed a horrifying truth.<\/p>\n
Matthew had not been the only child Eulalia had stolen.<\/p>\n
The room went silent as the nurse spoke.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere were others.\u201d<\/p>\n
The detective leaned forward.<\/p>\n
\u201cOthers?\u201d<\/p>\n
The old nurse nodded.<\/p>\n
Tears rolling down her wrinkled cheeks.<\/p>\n
\u201cThree babies.\u201d<\/p>\n
The detective\u2019s blood ran cold.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happened to them?\u201d<\/p>\n
The nurse whispered:<\/p>\n
\u201cEulalia sold them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Across town, Lucia\u2019s phone rang.<\/p>\n
She answered.<\/p>\n
Within seconds, the color drained from her face.<\/p>\n
Mariana grabbed her arm.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat is it?\u201d<\/p>\n
Lucia lowered the phone slowly.<\/p>\n
Her voice barely came out.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey found more children.\u201d<\/p>\n
Matthew looked up.<\/p>\n
Camila stopped coloring.<\/p>\n
Renata dropped her toy.<\/p>\n
And suddenly everyone realized\u2026<\/p>\n
The nightmare wasn\u2019t over.<\/p>\n
It was bigger than anyone had imagined.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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