CHAPTER 253 — When the Body Shouts What the Heart Keeps Silent

(Milagros’s Point of View)

At first, I thought it was just exhaustion.

The stress of the past few days, one piece of news after another, my body trying to keep up with a life that had changed too quickly for me.

I knew how to be strong.

I always had.

Years as a lawyer had taught me to stand my ground, not to show fear, not to fall apart in front of anyone. But suddenly, I felt all of that slipping away, as if the strength I had lear