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 about the night before. When we were almost there, he finally asked:

- Cat, why did your cousin and her husband say that you don't know that you are Pedro's father? I know I should wait until you're ready to talk about this subject and I'll respect that if you don't feel comfortable telling me. But this kept going through my head. When I found out about Pedro, I asked Mari if she knew who his father was, but she said that only you could tell me that because it's very personal.

- Alessandro, we'