Lost and Found: The Highest Stairway
Alejandro loved his children.
It really was as simple as that, and so it was no surprise that he carried a picture of his only son, Nueve, in his wallet.
Nueve, which of course, meant 9 in English, was a nod to Nueve’s role in his families lineage: he was the ninth son born to the same blood line, and big things were expected of him. He was the one they hoped would “make it”. There was only one problem… Nueve was a girl.
No one knew: Alejandro would never let anyone know.
The styles of the time allowed for little boys to wear their hair long, and Neuve understood the importance of maintaining the facade: it was fun, it was a game.
Alejandro worried about the future as he stumbled slightly on the irregular rise of the stone step.
Found in the shadows of Huayna Picchu, wind-pressed to one of the many steps of Peru’s pre-Columbian Incan wonder, Machu Picchu.
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