Chapter 18 - Doña Elena’s Last Sacrifice
Inside the shattered study, Lucía knelt beside Doña Elena, pressing a cloth to the matriarch's chest wound while holding Sofia tightly.
Alejandro burst back into the room, dropping to his knees beside his dying mother. "Mother... stay with me! The paramedics are coming!"
Doña Elena reached up with a blood-stained hand, gently touching Alejandro’s face, then looking over at Lucía and the baby.
"I... I was so blind, Alejandro," Doña Elena gasped, her breath short and ragged. "I spent my whole life... chasing fake status... and I almost destroyed... the only real thing you ever had."
She looked directly into Lucía’s tear-filled eyes. "Forgive me... my daughter... save my son..."
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With one final, shuddering sigh, Doña Elena’s hand slipped from Alejandro’s cheek, her eyes staring blankly at the ruined crystal chandelier above.
Alejandro bowed his head against his mother’s chest, weeping bitterly, while Lucía wrapped her arms around his shoulders, holding her husband and baby in the dark, blood-stained room.
