An elderly woman, after serving her sentence, returned seeking refuge in her son's house... but he slammed the door in her face. Justice would soon catch up with him. The dust of the long journey, rough and gray, had stuck to her skin, mixed with the sweat of exhaustion, transforming into an invisible but unbearable burden. The bus gave a final roar and pulled away, leaving her alone at a deserted bus stop on the outskirts of Toledo. The air smelled of absinthe, ripe wheat, and the distant smoke

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