Then he reached into my bag.
“The keys,” he added.
I had them all: the front door, the garage, the office.
“This is a mistake,” I managed to say.
Ramírez avoided my eyes.
“Mrs. Mariana, your son is the sole heir according to this document,” he replied mechanically.
Several people lowered their gaze.
I felt shame. Anger. And a sorrow so deep it made me dizzy.
I didn’t shout.
I understood that, right there, in front of everyone… he wanted to humiliate me.
So I turned and walked toward the cemetery exit.
Behind me, I heard murmurs.
Phrases like “poor woman” and “how awful” followed me.
But none of them mattered.
Because as I passed Diego, I paused for a moment.
I adjusted his coat as if fixing something.
And slipped the small device deeper into his pocket.
He didn’t notice.
But I did.
The faint click.
As I stepped outside the cemetery gates, my phone vibrated.
The signal was active.
That tiny movement…
would reveal everything.
I didn’t return home.
I couldn’t.
It was no longer mine.
Instead, I sat in a quiet café near Buenavista station, staring at my phone.
The vibration wasn’t random.
Inside Diego’s coat was a tracker.
One Eduardo had used during business trips.
I had taken it that morning without thinking too much.
Because deep down…
I knew something wasn’t right.
The app showed movement.
From the cemetery…
to the city center.
He wasn’t grieving.
He was moving forward.
I remembered something.
Eduardo’s office.
The safe hidden behind the painting.
And something else—
Weeks before he died, he had given me his email password.
And a number.
A safety deposit box.
“If anything strange happens,” he had said, “trust what I left outside the house.”
At the time, I thought he was being overly cautious.
Now I knew better.
I followed the signal.
It led me to a notary office.
Through the glass, I saw them.
Diego.
Ramírez.
And her.
Valeria.
Eduardo’s business partner.
The woman he always said was “just business.”
I didn’t go inside.
I watched.
Ramírez handed over documents.
Diego signed them.
Valeria smiled.
Like she had already won.
Then they left.
