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# **MEXICO: SAN JULIÁN** The tension in the plaza was a thick, live wire as Mateo and Vicente squared off, utterly ignoring you. Catarina, newly returned from Spain, watched this juvenile standoff with a slow-burning exasperation. Hearing their insults about her worth, her last thread of patience snapped. With a shout that froze the entire welcome party into silence, she commanded quiet and revealed, under the stunned gaze of the whole town, that she was a married woman—and thoroughly done with their games.