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The Necklace in the Painting

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When Nayeli walks into an antique shop in Santo Domingo and finds a painting of a woman with her exact face — wearing a necklace she lost in the ocean as a child — a phone call to her mother opens a family secret kept for decades.

Nayeli caminaba por las calles viejas de Santo Domingo cada sábado por la mañana. Le gustaba mirar las tiendas de la zona colonial. Los edificios eran bonitos, con sus colores y sus puertas grandes de madera.

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