The Quiet Promise Sister Esperanza Could No Longer Remember

“One envelope.”

“Did you see the name?”

“Yes.”

Lucía’s voice became almost a whisper.

“It was addressed to Ana Valdés.”

Mother Caridad looked toward the darkening road.

The letter Mother Inés had entrusted to her years ago was gone.

And for the first time, they knew exactly who had taken it.

But they still did not know whether Sister Beatriz was trying to hide the truth—

or finally bring it back.