“You disgraced this family,” he said coldly. “From now on, you are no longer our daughter. »
My mother started crying, but she didn’t stop him.
That same evening, they kicked me out.
I left with a small bag of clothes and less than twenty dollars. The next morning, everyone in town knew about it. We were whispering when I was walking past the market. The women in front of the church lowered their voices and stared at my belly that was rounding.
For several weeks, I slept where I could. Finally, an old lady named Rosa allowed me to rent a tiny room behind her house, near Guadalajara. She asked me almost nothing and sometimes left food outside my door without saying a word.
I worked until exhaustion.
When work started, Rosa took me to a small private clinic. There was no member of my family waiting outside. No one held my hand except Rosa.
Childbirth was difficult.
I remember hearing a baby cry.
Then I heard a nurse screaming that there was another child.
