Fourteen days, not one more, not one less. Fourteen days had passed since Valeria had been admitted to the hospital. The twins hadn't left her side except to get something to eat or to take a bath, and Andrew had kept a safe distance away, but Valeria knew he was outside, waiting in case she changed her mind about having him around.

There had been no office, no work, nothing that mattered to them more than Valeria and Alice, and now Alan had finally agreed to discharge her, with ten thousand re