Chapter 59 — What I Told My Son Without Him Being Able to Hear Me

(Sofía’s POV)

Night fell with an almost unfair serenity.

The kind of calm that’s irritating, because it arrives just when everything inside you is trembling.

After the diagnosis.

After the hug.

After the words of encouragement and the hard truths.

The world seemed to go on as if nothing had happened.

But for her, everything had changed.

She was at home. Alone.

Lying in bed, with the lamp on. Beside her, a small leather-bound note