After getting as far away as possible from the hospital that morning, despair filled Annabelle about her dashed hope.

For a moment there, she had thought she was about to get a break by seeing Jose. Jose would tell her where her sister was, and their separation would be over.

Her heart ached for the disappointment and she sent up a desperate prayer that her sister was okay wherever she was.

“Please, hang on, Cathay. I promise I will fix this,” she said as she swiped off the tears blurring her eyes while she looked out at the busy traffic of people who had where they were going and knew...