"You're nothing without me!" He shouted it while raising his hand against his own wife — eight months pregnant,
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Chapter 14: SantiagoChapter 14: Santiago’s Last Letter’s Last Letter
A year later, Elena received a letter from Santiago.
It was short.
He apologized.
Not beautifully. Not perfectly. Not enough to erase anything.
But for the first time, he did not blame her.
Elena read it once.
Then she folded it and placed it in a drawer.
She did not cry.
She did not answer.
Forgiveness, she had learned, was not the same as returning.
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Some doors closed because they had to.
Some silence was peace.
