Assisting in his ex-girlfriend’s labor, the doctor went white as soon as the baby appeared.

Alejandro stood silently, then received the swaddled baby again, his hands shaking. A powerful wave of recognition and discovery swept through him, awakening a fierce instinct: the instinct of a father.

—Valeria… no matter the past, I won’t ever abandon you or our son, he announced, firm and resolute.

She finally lifted her eyes, red but shining with a fragile hope. From outside, the newborn’s cry rang through the hallway, declaring not just his arrival—but the rebirth of two souls who once lost each other.