began to measure people by what they had.
Because of his car.
Her clothes.
His profession.
The neighborhood where they lived.
I pointed it out to him.
—You weren’t like this before.
He would reply:
—Before, I didn’t understand how the world worked.
That Saturday we had gone to a large supermarket because we were expecting guests.
That’s where the young woman appeared.
Organizations and resources for young people
Her name, although we didn’t know it yet, was Lucia.
She was wearing sweatpants, an oversized jacket, and her hair was
