The next morning, Alessandro insisted on taking Pedro to daycare and then dropping me off at work again. He said he wanted to make the most of every second with us.

When we dropped Pedro off at daycare, his teacher also thought Alessandro was his father, saying how much they looked alike. Once again, Alessandro wouldn't let me correct the mistake and thanked me proudly.

But on the way to Lince, Alessandro was a little quiet, deep in thought. I imagined it was because of everything we had talked