Episode 2

After composing myself enough, I continued with my work until closing time. Before leaving, I went to that woman's room, and they were no longer there. I knew that when I got home, I would have to ask for clear explanations of what was happening. I couldn't stay with the uncertainty and simply watch as everything I had worked so hard for over the years fell apart before my eyes.

"Emily, do you want a ride home?"

"Thanks, Andres."

"You don't look well. Is something wrong?"

"I'm exhausted."

"I heard about it, the man who arrived urgently with a punctured lung. You did a great job, Emily; you saved his life."

"It's our job, Andres; we save lives."

The rest of the trip was in silence, and I appreciated that he understood that I didn't want to talk. I got lost in the familiar landscape, but at the same time, so unknown this time. When I arrived, the lights were on, and I felt a strange lump in my throat.

"Thank you very much, have a good trip."

"See you tomorrow, Emily."

My hands tremble on the doorknob, but I open it ready for anything. He was in the living room.

"You finally arrive."

I leave my bag to my side and sit in front of Ricardo. "Now you're going to tell me what's going on."

"Emily, it's true that I lied to you that time. I was a father who was alone with a newborn in his arms, all the pressure plus the fact of abandonment was too much for me, and I didn't want you to see me as a poor failure."

"You know I wouldn't have judged you."

"We were two strangers."

"And then what? You had too much time to confess the truth."

"Please Emily, I know it's difficult, but understand me even a little."

"What is she doing here and why do you let Saul call her mother?"

"Because she is and because she is sorry and wanted to meet and share with her son."

Ha, he really doesn't hesitate even a little when blurting out all that garbage, and I always thought this man was extremely intelligent.

"So, what's next now, Ricardo. Where do I stand in all this?"

"Love, everything will be as always, only now that she's back, I want to, and Saul also wants to, keep seeing her."

"Fine."

I get up and go up to my room followed by the cautious steps of my husband.

"Don't be like that, why don't you think about our son's happiness instead?"

"I already said it's okay, what else do you want to hear? After all, you've already made it clear, she's the mother, and I'm just the one who raised and loved him all this time."

"EMILY."

I lock the door and fall on the bed. I have a lot to think about, but the fundamental thing is whether it is worth staying here any longer after all they have made it clear that I am nothing to them.

In the morning, as if the previous day hadn't been bad enough, that woman was sitting at my table.

"Emily, I would like to talk to you, please."

"I have little time."

"I'll be brief. First, I want to thank you for taking care of my son, but please don't take him away from me now that I'm finally back with him."

"Take him away? I never took him away from you; you were the one who abandoned him as soon as you gave birth to him."

Her calm expression turned into a somber one when she saw that I was not as stupid as Ricardo, who with a superficial apology and a fake smile would fall so easily.

"You don't know what I went through and what my reasons were for making that decision, but I could never forget my son, and that's why I came back despite everything, even knowing that they both might hate me. But they both forgave me, so why is someone who has nothing to do with this so harsh?"

"Ha, because you were the one who wanted to talk to me, and although I am not Saul's mother, I love him as if I were, and any mother would do what I do and protect her son's heart from malicious people."

"I am here to get my son back at any price, and as you have already noticed, he loves and accepts me as what I am, his mom, so you will see what you do because no one is going to take me out of his life."

That damn woman is plotting something, and although that child doesn't see me as his mother, I love him as my son, so I have to find out what this woman wants. This is the last thing I'm willing to do for Saul.

Before I could speak, Saul comes running and throws himself into her arms, completely ignoring me.

"Mommy, I'm so glad you're here. Are you taking me to school?"

Sabina smiles victoriously as I grab my bag and leave without saying anything else. That scene breaks my heart in an unimaginable way.

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