Beto smiles at Raymond and Pamela, more at his daughter than at his father, and promises to take care of her. "Wallace works at the warehouse, unloading goods that arrive on trucks. He hardly passes through here. That day was an exception."

"A bad exception," Raymond says, "I never got to talk seriously with him because I was away from my daughter. God knows what would be about my daughter if I didn't show up..." Raymond feels a lump in his throat.

"Don't worry, sir, unless Wallace wants to lose his job and go to jail, he won't do it again."

Reassured, Raymond kisses his daughter's face as if she...