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“Attention, everyone.” Nicolás waved his arms in the air to bring a hush to the clapping.
Aisha stood at his side and smiled as she looked around.
“Thank you. I have something I would like to say.”
Gabi watched Pilar as she nodded, her hands clasped in front of her, her smile sickening. The way Gabi’s stomach turned and the chill that crept down her spine told her that something was wrong. Something bad was going to happen.
“Aisha and I are getting engaged.”
“Fuck.” Gabi turned away and started to walk down the street.
There was cheering and clapping, and the clicking of castanets rained down on her in a vicious assault. Her dreams,theirdreams, tumbled like a string of dominos, and the ache in her heart that would have had her scream out, “No,” would have taken her to her knees had she let it. She stumbled over the conversation they’d just had about running away, and it stuck in her throat. Her chest was so tight she thought she was going to suffocate.
“Gabriela, wait for me. Gabriela.”
She slowed her pace without looking back.
Nana linked her arm through Gabi’s. “I don’t want to talk about it,” Gabi said.
“Later, cariño. Later.”
Never, Gabi thought.
