My husband invited his boss to our house, but just before he arrived, he looked at me with disgust and whispered, “Stay in the bedroom. I’m ashamed to have you seen like this. If my boss sees you, you’ll ruin my promotion.”

words to you?”

“Yes.”

“And you’re still sitting here wondering if you’re the one being dramatic?”

Mariana said nothing.

Carolina reached across the counter and picked up Sergio’s business card. “Call him.”

That afternoon, Mariana entered the hospital for the first time in seven years.

Sergio waited in the main lobby.

Moments later, a tall, slender young man in a surgical resident’s coat stepped from the elevator.

Daniel had exactly the same gentle eyes as his father.

“Dr. Torres,” Daniel said, a nervous, reverent smile breaking across his face. “I