Chapter 2 - The Shocking Entrance
Before the guards could grab Lucía's arms, heavy footsteps echoed through the mahogany doorway.
Alejandro stepped into the room, wearing a dark navy suit jacket over a white unbuttoned dress shirt. His eyes widened in fury as he saw the maid kneeling on the floor bleeding, while his sister stood over her like a tyrant.
"Camila... what do you think you're doing?" Alejandro demanded, his voice dropping into a cold, dangerous register.
Camila turned toward her brother in immediate panic. She clutched an expensive leather folder tightly against her chest, her confidence cracking as she tried to compose herself.
"Alejandro! She was manipulating Mom..." Camila stammered, her voice shaking with fake concern. "I'm having her committed to a facility today for her own safety!"
Suddenly, Doña Esperanza sat up remarkably straight in her wheelchair. Her foggy eyes cleared, burning with sharp, unshakeable memory as the entire room fell dead silent.
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"She didn't manipulate me," Doña Esperanza declared in a clear, firm whisper. "She’s the daughter you hid from me 25 years ago."
👉 What had Camila done twenty-five years ago to hide her mother's newborn baby?
