He decided to turn Lucia in.
The decision was made without her. Joaquin, Vincent and the local priest, Father Esteban, quickly agreed. His plan seemed simple and comfortable: Lucia, the Albino girl who was already avoided in the village, would marry Nantan, an Apache who lived in the nearby hills, and this would pay the debts of Joaquin.
His name had been scary for years. People talked about him like a savage, a dangerous bandit. The stories multiplied, but no one tried to understand how much truth was in them.
Lucia heard about the impending wedding late at night,