His mother called her unfaithful because she had two daughters…

the slow collapse of a woman who had spent her life mistaking control for respect.

Sebastián visited her. He brought groceries. He paid for medicine. He did his duty as a son.

But he did not bring the children.

One afternoon, Carmen sat in her armchair by the window, thinner than before, her rosary wrapped around her fingers.

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