She Had No Choice
“Second to Eduardo, he treated the other boys equally. But he never gave any kind of positive attention whatsoever to Eva. He rarely even spoke to her unless he was ordering her to do something or calling her a fat cow if he thought she was being lazy.
Carlos never accepted Eva as his daughter, and he consistently treated her differently from the other children. He only saw her as another pair of hands to work, which was helpful to him, yet another mouth he had to feed. Sometimes Sofía and Carlos would argue over how he treated Eva, and Carlos would get so angry he would slap or back-hand Sofía. Eva witnessed the arguments and the abuse, but she didn’t understand it.
“It’s the drink,” she told Eva, “that often causes him to take his anger out on me and you children.”
“But it’s not right, Mama.”
“Just do as he asks, mi’ja, and stay out of his way,” Mama advised.
They couldn’t get through the day or have a peaceful meal without somehow making Carlos mad.
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