His mother called her unfaithful because she had two daughters…

her toes.

“Can we know, Mommy?”

Valeria smiled softly.

“Yes.”

The doctor moved the wand slowly, studied the screen, then said the words that would reopen every old wound.

“It’s a boy.”

Sebastián froze.

Valeria saw his eyes fill.

Sofía clapped. Renata asked if that meant the baby would like dinosaurs.

The doctor laughed.

But Valeria could not laugh.

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