“Are you okay?” Elena started to stand.
Liliana waved her down. “Fine,” she managed to get out while sucking in deep breaths of air that didn’t fill her lungs. When she could talk, she caught her sister’s attention and added, “But you aren’t. Your husband is an abuser just like—”
“Don’t. Papa disciplined us when we needed it.”
When it rained, Liliana’s left arm still ached from her father’s form of discipline that ended in a broken bone.
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