His mother called her unfaithful because she had two daughters…

When she told Sebastián, his face changed in a way she could not read.

He knelt in front of her.

“Whatever it is,” he said quickly, “boy or girl, I swear I’ll love this baby.”

Valeria wanted to ask why he had to swear it so fast.

Instead, she nodded.

They did not tell Doña Carmen.

For five months, they kept the pregnancy quiet from her. Sofía and Renata continue reading …