Russell
Foolishly, I thought Maya’s marriage would never happen and that I would destroy Alejandro before he could take her as his wife. But she had gone through with it. And I figured she would have aided me somehow, but she had chosen him over her own father. Over her own family. And for what? Power? Protection? Or was she just as enchanted by the devil as her mother had been?
She was no longer my daughter. She ceased to be the moment she stood beside that badmaash, (scoundrel) wearing his ring, taking his name, and acting like a happy newlywed inside the home I raised her in. It was disrespectful to us the way she behaved. That she allowed him to touch her. This displeased my mother so much. It was a sin to make your elders angry or unhappy.
Now, I had only one mission left- to see A
