My husband returned early from deployment to surprise me—only to walk in and find me eight months pregnant, cornered by his mother holding a burning iron, exposing a nightmare he never expected.
Mercedes wanted to speak with her son. Andrés answered and put it on speaker. The first thing they heard was her voice, cold and deliberate, saying that if Mariana was still alive it was only because she had been too lenient.
Part 3
Andrés ended the call without a word, but Mariana had already heard enough.
