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“Eso es la familia, un sitio donde te dan techo y comida a cambio de estar atrapada con un puñaíco de vivos y muertos. Todas las familias tienen as sus muertos debajo de las camas, es solo que nosotras vemos a los muertos, eso decía mi madre.”

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