Chapter 3 - The Stunned Silence
Alejandro stood frozen in place, his face draining of all color as his eyes shifted from his mother to the kneeling maid.
"My... sister?" Alejandro whispered in utter disbelief.
Lucía wiped the blood from her lip, her eyes brimming with quiet tears as she looked up at Doña Esperanza. She had worn the gray maid uniform for six months, enduring Camila's constant verbal abuse just to stay close to the mother she had never known.
Camila’s face turned pale as paper. "Mom is delusional! You know her memory comes and goes! She's confusing this orphan with some crazy fantasy!"
"I am not delusional, Camila," Doña Esperanza said, her voice rising with absolute authority. "Twenty-five years ago, when I was sick in the hospital, you told me my baby girl was born sleeping. But you didn't bury her... you paid the nurse to take her away so you wouldn't have to share the family trust!"
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Alejandro turned slowly toward Camila, his fists clenching at his sides.
👉 How had Lucía managed to prove her true identity to Doña Esperanza without Camila knowing?
