Chapter 7 - Maria Had Never Come to My House to Spy on MeI confronted her.
“You should have told me.”
“I was afraid.”
“Of me?”
“Yes.”
That answer hurt.
“But you trusted me with Sofia.”
Maria looked down.
“She trusted you first.”
I glanced at Sofia.
She was asleep on the couch.
“She likes me.”
“She loves you.”
The words caught me off guard.
Maria smiled sadly.
“She lost her father.”
Then she looked at me.
“She thinks you remind her of him.”
I swallowed.
“Why?”
“Because you pretend you're not kind.”
I laughed bitterly.
“I'm not kind.”
Maria shook her head.
“You covered her with your coat the first night she came here.”
I remembered.
Sofia had been cold.
I hadn't thought about it.
“You remember everything?”
“A mother notices.”
I looked at Maria.
For the first time, I understood why she had never feared my reputation.
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She had seen something beneath it.
Something even I had forgotten existed.
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