Keila Alvarado

Keila Alvarado is married to Oscar Alvarado. She has three daughters, Claudia, Olivia, and Patricia, and three grandchildren, Diana, Andrea, and Daniel. Keila has worked as a visual artist for many years. She works with Simon Brik, a gallery owner in Mexico City. She often travels to Mexico to consult with Simon or to attend gallery openings.

At the start of the novel, Keila is watching her twin granddaughters one day while Olivia and Felix are out on a date. Suddenly she realizes that the girls are missing, and is shocked when she and her family discover them nearly drowned in the pool. In the days following, Keila begins to blame her husband for what has happened and for her general discontent. She tells her daughters that she has decided to divorce their father. In the past year he has turned into a different man. He is...