“So why are you in charge?”
He held my gaze.
“Because…” I signed the consent form.
I was shocked.
” What ? “
“Mom needed a parent… and I was the only one who knew…”
“So you hid it from me?”
“I didn’t want you to get hurt…”
“And what about me?” I have no right to know!
I screamed.
Everything exploded inside me.
Then Alejandro said something that took my breath away.
” And you ? “
I stopped.
“What do you mean?”
He stared at me.
“You’re hiding something from me too, aren’t you?”
My heart stopped.
“You… You know that?”
He smiled bitterly.
—I have seen your results in the hospital system.
I moved away.
“Were you looking at me?”
“No… it was a coincidence… When I came with Mom.”
Silence.
Heavy.
Suffocating.
“You’re pregnant—aren’t you?”
I didn’t reply.
But my tears did it.
Three people.
Three secrets.
Three shots.
My mother-in-law, pregnant by the man who died.
My husband, who hid everything from me.
And me…
Hiding my own pregnancy.
Fate seemed to be mocking us.
My mother-in-law fell to her knees.
“Forgive me… he didn’t want to destroy the family…”
