When Lucía saw him, she smiled.
—Daddy.
Rodrigo collapsed to his knees.
—Forgive me, my love—he whispered.
Lucía touched his face.
Daniela did not comfort him.
—She trusts you because she doesn’t understand what you did. I do.
Rodrigo lowered his head.
—I know.
—Then start by telling the truth.
And he did.
At the hearing, Rodrigo testified against his own mother.
The judge granted Daniela primary custody. Rodrigo received supervised visitation and mandatory therapy. Teresa was legally barred from approaching them.
But justice didn’t stop there.
Isabel found Mateo in Puebla. He had been told his mother didn’t want him.
Their first meeting was in a park full of jacarandas.
—Are you my first mother?—the boy asked.
—I am.
—Did you choose my name?
—I did. Mateo Andrés.
—Do you like football?
—I don’t know how to play.
