Episode 1

"I'm sorry, miss, only a bone marrow transplant can cure your son..."

"Are you sure there is no other solution?"

"Unfortunately not, the medication would only help alleviate the child's pain..."

I lower my head and leave Dr. Lira's office. For a few days, my son Pedro has been complaining of shortness of breath. Gradually, I also noticed that his gums were bleeding easily, and he was starting to lose weight. I confess I was very scared, so I took him to the doctor.

I arrive at the room where my son is being kept, and he is sleeping. I gently stroke his face and feel my eyes sting. I love my children so much; Pedro and Ana are my biggest strengths for living.

"I'm so sorry, my love..."

The doctor said we should start compatibility tests for the transplant. I say goodbye to my little one and go home. When I get there, my parents have just put Ana to bed.

"Hi, dear," my mother greets me with a hug. "What did the doctor say?"

"Only a bone marrow transplant can save him, Mom..."

"Everything is going to be okay, dear," my father joins the embrace.

"I feel useless..."

"Don't say that, dear. It breaks my heart to hear that," my mother tries to console me.

"If only that jerk had been by my side, supporting me, Mom... But no, he chose to throw me to the wolves, accusing me of all sorts of things."

My parents embrace me even tighter. My life was perfect, but it was only like that until I was seduced by Matheus, that snobby rich guy.

...... Flashback on ......

"Ah, Rafinha... You have no idea how much I've always desired you, how long I've waited to feel your body pressed against mine."

"I still can't understand how you managed to notice me even though I was always hiding in the kitchen."

"My dear, it's impossible not to notice you. You're too beautiful to go unnoticed."

"A few days after our night together, Matt distanced himself from me. Every time he passed by, he ignored my existence. That's when I realized that it had all been a fairytale that had now come to an end. Months later, I started feeling sick. Nothing stayed in my stomach, perfume made me nauseous, I even fainted."

"Pregnant, miss. It's twins."

"My world crumbled beneath me. I tried to hide the symptoms from my parents and even from my bosses, as they were the most loving people I knew. One day, I ended up feeling sick near the pool and was about to fall in, but strong arms caught me, preventing me from falling and drowning."

"Finally awake, little one," Matheus said when I opened my eyes. "Are you feeling better?"

"I am..."

"What's really going on with you? I've noticed you getting sick for a few days, not eating properly."

"I'm pregnant, Matt... With your child, it's twins."

"Pregnant!? Are you crazy? Where did you get the idea that these bastards are mine?"

"Matheus, you know very well that you were my first man. I can't believe that night meant nothing to you."

"Of course it didn't mean anything. You're the maid's daughter, what did you expect? That I would marry you? I wouldn't be surprised if this was all a plan of yours to trap me with a pregnancy."

"His words cut into my heart like knives, each one more hurtful than the last. I stood up from where I had been laid down and walked away from him, but he grabbed my arm before I could take more than three steps."

"You're fired, I want you out of this house."

"Before I could respond, his parents appeared and heard what he said."

"What's going on here? Son, let go of Rafaela" Mrs. Rebeca practically forced him to release me.

"Are you alright, dear? Did this monster hurt you?" Mr. Joseph's concern was evident.

"I'm fine. I need to go, I'll pack my things."

"You're not going anywhere, dear. This is your home too..."

"I can't stay here anymore. I can't be in a place where my children are not accepted by their own father."

...*** *Flashback on* ***...

After that day, my former bosses did everything they could to help me with the twins, Matheus got into a relationship with a plastic and silicone-filled French model, and I... I completely focused on my babies. Within days of being away from my parents, I managed to secure a job at a rival company to the Joneses', I know they had a hand in it, but I didn't mind, especially since I was given a high position that I eventually climbed up from.

Today, my children receive love and attention from their paternal grandparents and Aunt Pri. Priscila has always been so kind to me, loving the nieces and nephews as if they were her own children, but Matt... He never even asked if I went through with the pregnancy, even though he knows the kids are alive and well.

I climb up to the floor with the bedrooms and before going to mine, I stop by the children's room and plant a kiss on Ana Laura. When I get out of the shower, I kneel at the foot of the bed and say my prayer. Each passing day has been increasingly difficult seeing my son in that hospital, but besides asking for his health to return, I also pray that I don't have to rely on Matheus's help.

Because if he rejected my children back when they were just tiny seeds... Who would guarantee that he would accept them now? Especially when he's about to marry a silicone-filled and hair-extension-wearing parasite.

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