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The moment we stepped inside, my housekeeper rushed over.
“Señor, what happened?”
“Prepare the guest suite,” I said. “And call Dr. Mendoza. I want him to see the baby immediately.”
Sofía looked around like she had entered a foreign country.
She used to call this house home.
Now she stood there uncertain, as if she didn’t know whether she belonged.
I took the coins from her trembling hand and set them on the entry table.
“You will never have to do that again.”
She burst into tears.
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