Luis José and I had begun to organize the entire house and collect Guillermo's belongings, which to tell the truth were quite a few, since he had lived in that house for many years before meeting me. To avoid a major conflict, I was in charge of collecting his personal things that were still in our room, and Luis José went to what was his studio where he had all the painting materials and paintings that he had already finished and that at some point he thought exhibit in an art gallery.

Everything was going smoothly, we had decided to get married at the nearest civil registry and then have...