My daughter married a Korean man when she was 21. She hasn’t been home for twelve years, but every year, she sends $100,000. This Christmas, I decided to visit her in secret. When I opened the door to her house… I froze in my tracks.

For twelve years, Theresa believed her daughter María Luisa was happily married in Korea. María Luisa never came home, but every year she sent exactly 8 million pesos, which made everyone think she had built a rich and successful life abroad. Theresa accepted the money, but the pain of never seeing her daughter never went away.