Chapter 11 - A NEW SUNRISE

Six months later, the Sonora mansion was sold. Alejandro and Lilia stood on the porch of a bright, single-story beach house in Carmel. There were no balconies. No stairs. Just the open sand and the sound of the ocean. Lilia laughed, chasing a golden retriever puppy across the yard. Alejandro smiled, finally stepping out of the shadows and into the sun.