Prologue
Maria sat her head down on the table. She was in shock, stunned as a matter of fact. She was not sure what to do. She wanted to run away go back to how her life was going to be before she came into this seemingly cursed villa. She reminded herself that there always seemed to be something going wrong when she returned to the villa. Maria wanted out of her life, yet she knew that she had seven children depending on her even though they were not exactly her children. Or were they her children? Well in spirit anyways they were her children and were going to be if the dreaded piece of information Maria had read on the telegram had not happened. Once she read it the only thought that crossed her mind was: What on Earth am I going to do now? How am I going to survive? She thought back to the day that he had left.