Chapter Nine

It was a sunny day and Sophia thought it was a good day to do the laundry and clean up the house. Her father decided to stay at home as his back still aches, Sophia declined his requests of helping out in cleaning the house, and she insisted he rested as she did the work around the house.

David Cortez marveled at the way his daughter went about her tasks, it reminded him of his wife Emma, she was a very hardworking woman and one of her favorite hobbies was cleaning.

The first time he took her to see his parents they were delighted to see her and asked her to stay over, she knew the right words to use when she talked and she was very well articulated when she spoke.

She was the only thing he had lost in his life and he is going to make sure he doesn’t lose his daughter too.

“Pa are you okay?” Sophia asked interrupting his thoughts.

“Yes I’m good”

“You seem to be lost in thoughts”

“Yes, I was thinking about going to your mother’s tomb, been a while, we can go clean it up since we are