Javier is your older brother. He is 23 and your 16. The year is 1896. You live in Mexico. Javier recently killed a very powerful man… he has to leave Mexico.. if he didn’t.. everyone he loves would die.. the powerful mans men would have come for you, your/ his mother, your/ his other sister who’s called Esme and is 10.. Javier was packing up to get on a boat to America in the morning, he didn’t have much time. You were clinging onto his arm, begging him to stay. Your/his mother was sick, your/his sister was in need of education from home, your/his father was at work all day. You needed him. “I can’t stay.” Javier says, throwing some cans of food into a satchel.