call informing him of Elvira’s death.
Then he stopped asking.
Five years later, he believed it was time to sell the property. He hired an appraiser and traveled back to town imagining how much money he would get for that old house.
During the journey he fantasized about renovations, buyers and figures.
She never wondered what her mother’s life would have been like during all that time.
A scene impossible to imagine
When he arrived in front of the old wooden gate, he felt a huge surprise.
The garden was perfectly manicured.
Flowers filled the paths.
The trees were pruned






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