Laura lowered her eyes.
Valeria glanced briefly at the child. The baby was innocent.
Then she looked back at Humberto.
“I’m glad he’s healthy,” she replied calmly.
Her composure irritated him.
He wanted tears.
He wanted anger.
He wanted the woman he once called “useless” to break down in front of everyone.
Instead, she stood steady.
“You’re still the same,” Humberto sneered. “Cold. That’s why you never had a family.” Familytravel packages
The words landed heavily.
Laura whispered, “Humberto, stop.”
But he already had an audience.
And Humberto loved attention more than truth.
“For years she wasted my time,” he continued. “Patients, conferences, awards—but she couldn’t give me the one thing I wanted.”
Valeria felt her chest tighten but refused to cry.
Then her phone vibrated.
A message from Esteban Arriaga, the lawyer who had handled her divorce.
I’m downstairs. We need to talk. It’s urgent.
Valeria read it twice.
Esteban was not the type to exaggerate.
If he said urgent, something serious had happened.
“I have to go,” she said.
“That’s what you always do,” Humberto replied. “Leave.”
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