Returning: CHAPTER 29, Light Comes Shining

By PATRICK CABELLO HANSEL

Agnes hurried through the early morning streets of East Phillips with little Lupe in tow. But the weight of her decision slowed her hurry down. She had decided to save Angel’s and Luz’ daughter, despite Brian Fleming’s threat to have her own daughter Ingrid killed, or worse. Agnes knew that he had connections far beyond East Phillips, and that some of the women he had controlled had disappeared. No one knew if they had been sold, or killed and their bodies disposed so that they would never be found. Agnes loved Ingrid, her only living descendant, who had made many bad choices in her life. But she could not let this precious little Lupe become a victim of the great evil that Brian Fleming was.

Meanwhile, Luz and Angel and Angelito were following the trail of hearts pinned to 100-year-old houses. They had gone six blocks north and a few west from Cedar and Lake, and though the journey was not in a straight line, they did not lose hope. The hearts on the houses had warmed their hearts somehow, and so they continued on. At one point, Angel remarked to Luz how peaceful it was, despite the terror of not knowing about their daughter.… Read the rest “Returning: CHAPTER 29, Light Comes Shining”