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When she arrived at Calle de la Paz, number 1423 was now a small bakery called La Coquí Feliz . An elderly woman with silver braids stood behind the counter, kneading dough. Around her neck hung a gold locket shaped like a tiny house.

For weeks, Mariana debated what to do. The internet offered no Beatriz Ramirez at that address. The street number might no longer exist. But one evening, while cleaning out a closet, Mariana found a shoebox of photographs. Beneath the pictures of her mother as a baby was a black-and-white image of two young women smiling in front of a flamboyán tree. On the back, in Spanish: “Elena y Beatriz, Santurce, 1979.” readtheory.org

A. She resents Elena for leaving and never writing. B. She has completely forgotten about Elena. C. She has remembered Elena and hoped for some kind of closure. D. She believes Mariana is Elena in disguise. When she arrived at Calle de la Paz,