Camille's POV

"I'm sure your cousin will come back. She couldn't have abandoned her son."

My mother said that after putting Hector to sleep. Once again, she was holding on to hope that Karen would return. But deep down, I doubted she would. Karen had chosen to run, and with a young child, everything would be even more complicated.

Besides, my cousin had never been the kind of woman who would accept living in poverty. My guess was that she had gone somewhere she could find a rich husband wh