She sold tamales, washed clothes, cleaned houses, and raised Daniel with hunger, exhaustion, fear, and pride.
At nine, Daniel repaired old radios.
At fifteen, he won a robotics scholarship.
At eighteen, he left for Guadalajara to study engineering.
“Everything I achieve will be for you, Mom,” he told her at the bus station. Mother-daughterjewelry
And for years, he kept that promise.
He called every Sunday. He sent money even when she said she did not need it. He told her about his work, his dreams, his company.
Then Brenda arrived.
She was elegant, intelligent, and ambitious. She started as the finance director of Daniel’s company. Within a year, she was living with him. Then came a small wedding without Aurora.
Daniel claimed it was to avoid problems.
But the real problem was the woman beside him.
At the hospital, doctors fought for hours to save Daniel. Aurora refused to leave the waiting room. Omar stayed beside her. Soon after, Commander Raúl Salgado, a distant cousin and state police officer, arrived.
“Doña Aurora, this is no accident,” he said. “No one ends up alive in a coffin by coincidence.”
“Then do your job,” she answered. “I already did mine. I got him out.”
Raúl requested security footage from the funeral home, medical records, payment receipts, phone logs, and the death certificate.
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