Summary

In the present, Maya considers the nine days she spends with Daniel the happiest in her life. Manuel tactfully goes on a three-day trip to Santiago, leaving Maya and Daniel to make love in front of the woodstove. It is the first time Maya has been properly kissed and physically loved by a man. Maya’s trust in Daniel grows and she finally tells Daniel about her addictions, her rape, and her enslavement to Brandon Leeman.

Back in autumn 2008, after Leeman had dropped her off at the gym, Maya sat in the sauna and contemplated her options: she had saved no money and didn’t have a way home to California. She feared calling her grandmother and dragging Nidia into the potential danger she was in. Freddy abruptly appeared at the gym with news that Joe Martin and Chino killed Leeman...