Chapter 8 - The Brother's Vow
Alejandro turned to Lucía, his eyes filled with overwhelming remorse and tears of realization.
He reached out, gently taking Lucía's hands into his own, noticing the bruises on her wrists from months of hard domestic labor.
"For six months, you worked in this house... cleaning our floors... while she treated you like trash..." Alejandro said, his voice breaking. "And you never said a word to me?"
"I didn't want your money, Alejandro," Lucía whispered, tears streaming down her bruised cheek. "I just wanted to see my mother's face... I just wanted to know who I was."
Doña Esperanza opened her arms, weeping openly as Alejandro helped Lucía sit beside her wheelchair. Mother and daughter embraced tightly for the first time in twenty-five years.
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"Camila," Alejandro said, turning his back on his older sister. "You are stripped of all corporate titles at the firm. You have one hour to pack your personal clothes."
👉 What was Camila's desperate final attempt to stop her own arrest?
