SETTINGS

Settings

·       house of Don Julian

·       house of Judge Del Valle

·       house of Don Julian in Tanda where there are coconut plantation and a beach

·       Church of Our Lady of Sorrow

·       Calle Real

·       Santa Cruz particularly in Calle Luz, hometown of Julia Salas

·       The time of the story is the Lenten Season because they are celebrating the holy week proven by the procession, they made with the Our Lady of Sorrow

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