Chapter 5 - The Woman I Thought Had Died Giving Birth Was Alive, and Her First Words Explained Why My Grandmother Had Been Forced to Pretend to Be DeadThe woman stepped forward.
Tears filled her eyes.
“Aurelio.”
I couldn't move.
She looked older.
But it was her.
My mother.
Alive.
For twelve years, I had believed she died.
She had not.
She had been held captive.
Rafael had used her to control my grandmother.
My mother escaped once.
She was captured again.
My grandmother hid me.
She kept the secret.
I cried.
My mother apologized.
“I'm sorry.”
“Why didn't you find me?”
“I tried.”
“How many times?”
“Four.”
“Then why?”
“Because they threatened to kill you.”
Rafael smiled.
“You see?”
He wanted something.
The archive.
The key.
The network.
My mother's final clue revealed the truth.
The archive wasn't money.
It was evidence.
Evidence capable of destroying the organization.
My grandmother had intended to release it.
Rafael wanted it erased.
Vargas helped protect her.
My mother helped too.
Now it was my turn.
I decided to expose everything.
Rafael tried to stop us.
But my mother had one final piece.
A recording.
My father.
He admitted everything.
He asked me to forgive him.
Then the recording ended.
Rafael went pale.
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The truth was now complete.
But he escaped.
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