Chapter 4: A New Beginning

Three weeks later, I held my son in my arms.
He was small. Perfect. Safe.
Tears slipped down my face as I whispered, “We made it.”
My father stood beside me, softer than I had ever seen him.
“You were stronger than I knew,” he said.
“I had to be,” I replied.
Santiago Rivas was gone.
Not just from my life—but from everything.
His company collapsed under legal pressure.
His name disappeared from headlines as quickly as it had once dominated them.
And Beatriz?
She faded into silence.
No power.
May you like
No influence.
No audience.