There is a painting of San Gabriel Arcángel fighting the devil in my Abuela's hallway.
His eyes are bulging and crazy as he thrusts his sword through the demon's heart.
Down the hall, my Aunt Inez is raped by her blue-eyed "father" ...again and again as my grandmother lights more altar candles.
The smell pilfers the air from my grandmother's seperate bedroom, making it's way into Inez's leaking nostrils, burning her tears.
Until they send Inez to a convent so he can "keep his hands off her."
He beats my father, instead.
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