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“You don’t knohere Frederik hid Hampton, then?” Quint asked

“As I said, I cannot help you” Rodolfo was fire

Quint’s tone was steady, his expression iht have confided in?”

“No,” Rodolfo answered brusquely

A at her father, her body taut and tense, her hands clenched tightly in her lap

“I don’t believe you,” Quint said

Chapter Thirty Six

AMARA AND GABRIELA LOOKED AT Quint in surprise

Rodolfo was unruffled by the challenge “You are free to believe as you wish”

“Papá,” Gabriela said “The child belongs with Señorita Davis He is her son”

Rodolfo gave her a hard look and then turned back to Amara “Federico, he was not a well man He had problems that were unfortunate You know this?”

She nodded fiercely

“We knehen Federico was a young man that he would have difficulty in life He did not see the world as the rest of us do” Rodolfo thought for agreat, or so to be touched by the hand of God”

“When Federico was still in school, he had soht it would be best for him if he had a fresh start And so we sent him to the United States He was better there, and we believed all would be well in the end”

“But it wasn’t,” Amara said