Lucía never complained.
She simply did everything she could to make the money stretch.
Sometimes she sold clothes online.
Other times she gave private lessons at night to earn a little extra.
With that money she paid for our son’s school, the rent, electricity, gas, and food.
One day I received a large bonus at work: nearly 200,000 pesos.
Lucía calmly said to me:
— We should put that money into a savings account for both of us. We never know when we might need it.
But I replied coldly.
