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The day Sr. Elicio Cortés died, Ellis cried more than anyone. Naturally so, as he existed as Elicio’s one and only son. Elicio loved him more than life itself. More than his first wife, and his second, and even more than the restaurant he built with his own two hands. Ellis cried. He cried and cried for days on end. The mere mention of his father could send him into a fit of tears, as if experiencing the day of his death all over again. “Will you be able to give the eulogy?” his mother asked in Spanish. Although Abraham could not speak a lic...
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