After all the guests left, I counted the worn white spots on the floor. Twelve of them, and not one is mine yet.

• Rosario QuintanaYou don't count that spot. You wear it in.
  Pilar OrtizThen I'll stop counting, starting tonight.
• Inés SosaWas my brother's spot among them?
  Pilar OrtizI stopped counting before I got there.