Mateo clenched his fists.
Valeria was trembling.
“And then?” Ernesto asked.
Lucia smiled… a smile that was not human at all.
—Then… a miracle.
Your daughter “recovers.”
You thank me for the rest of your life.
And when you’re no longer useful to me… I leave with half of everything.
The air became heavy.
Suffocating.
“How many times?” Ernesto asked.
Lucia hesitated.
-Three…
—And the children?
Silence.
A guilty silence.
—One… did not survive.
Valeria burst into tears.
Mateo closed his eyes in anger.
Ernesto felt his heart break into a thousand pieces.
—You’re a monster…
Lucia started to cry.
But it was too late.
—I… just wanted money… a better life…
