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Later that evening, Sofia’s Tía Carmen walked in to find Sofia staring at a blank text bubble. Carmen had seen this look before. She was the family’s unofficial "Patron Saint of Pendejas".
The groan came again, closer this time. Then a pair of glowing green eyes emerged from the darkness.
“Your dad,” Valeria said.