“Is this Julian Alvarez?”
“Yes.”
“This is Dr. Elena Ruiz from Santa María Clinic.”
His face changed.
“Why are you calling me?”
A pause.
Then:
“We need to discuss your wife’s previous medical records.”
Julian looked at Mariana.
She looked confused.
“What records?”
The doctor continued.
“Because when Mariana came to us two weeks ago, she told our staff she had fallen.”
Julian’s chest tightened.
A fall.
That was the story.
The story everyone accepted.
But then the doctor said something that made his blood run cold.
“Mr. Alvarez…”
“The injuries documented in her examination were not consistent with a fall.”
Julian slowly turned toward his mother.
Doña Carmen’s face had lost all color.
Because she knew.
She knew the doctor was calling.
She knew the truth was coming out.
But there was something else.
Something hidden.
Something the doctor had not said yet.
“Doctor…”
Julian’s voice trembled.
“What else did you find?”
The woman hesitated.
Then answered:
“We found something in Mariana’s medical file that concerns the safety of your baby.”
The room went silent.
Mariana covered her mouth.
Julian felt his heart stop.
Because his mother had not only been trying to hurt Mariana.
She may have been risking the life of his unborn child.
And when he looked back at Doña Carmen…
she was already reaching for the door.
Trying to escape.
TO BE CONTINUED…
