On my daughter’s first birthday, my mother-in-law …

On my daughter’s first birthday, my mother-in-law …

Result: 99.998%.

Rodrigo was Lucía’s father.

And still, Daniela chose not to say anything.

She let Teresa organize the party. She let Paulina arrive in a green dress and a victorious smile. She let everyone think she was a poor woman trapped in a powerful family.

Now, in front of everyone, Teresa had said the exact sentence she had rehearsed.

Daniela placed her hand inside her bag.

She pulled out a white envelope.

She walked to the main table with Lucía in her arms and placed it in front of Rodrigo.

—Open it—she said.

Rodrigo trembled as he broke the seal.

He read the first line.

Then the second.

His face collapsed.

—Lucía… is mine—he whispered.