He humiliated his mother over a “poor man’s gift”—but by morning, he was the one begging for mercy after discovering the truth too late.

it for several months.

Rodrigo was sitting in his glass office nursing a hangover, feeling like he owned the world, when the dismissal letter hit him like a bucket of ice water. His pride prevented him from calling his mother.

But Fernanda panicked quickly. Teresa’s phone rang, and she answered calmly on the fifth ring.

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