Chapter 159 — Between Doubt and Life

There was nothing solemn about that night in the hospital room. The monitor tracked Sofía’s heartbeat, and the sound was steady—almost irritating in its regularity. Outside, nurses’ footsteps came and went as if the world were still the same.

But for the Castells, the world was no longer the same.

The doctor had walked in with the envelope of test results in his hand, reviewed the reports, and looked up.

“Well, I have news. Congratulations, Sofía. You’re