Chapter 41 – The Barrier

Point of View: Sofía Rojas

Her phone vibrated on the nightstand.

One notification.

She didn’t need to look to know who it was from.

Sofi, we need to talk. Please. I don’t want a divorce. — Adrián

Sofía didn’t open the message.

She didn’t even let herself consider replying.

She left it unread.

Like an old wound.

Like a mistake already accounted for.

Like a past that no longer deserved access to her present.

After months of silence…

After everything she had swallowed, end