Was this your “lesson”?
I denied with my head.
"No.
I looked at the trees in my garden, those that Daniel had taken care of for so many years.
-This
It's barely the beginning.
One of the officers approached Monica.
“Ma’am, we need to talk to you about the fruit you have on your property.
Monica tried to answer.
But before I could, Ben gently pulled my sleeve.
“Mom...
“What’s going on?”
He pointed to Daniel’s old staircase, still supported by our fence.
“Dad always said there was one thing we should never forget.
“What?
Ben swallowed saliva.
“That when someone takes something that doesn’t belong to them... you have to first look at why they did it.
I looked at him surprised.
Because then I remembered something that Daniel had told me a few days before he died.
And all of a sudden, I understood that maybe Monica hadn't stolen our harvest just for money.
