Salinas moved the transducer, paused, and enlarged the image. A second heartbeat filled the room, revealing that Laura was carrying twins their father had already rejected.
Weeks earlier, Laura had shown Diego a positive pregnancy test expecting surprise, tenderness, and perhaps fear about their changing future. Instead, he treated the result as proof of an affair because he assumed his recent procedure made conception impossible. He moved in with Paola, posted cruel messages suggesting that a lie had been removed from his life, and filed for divorce while attempting to claim the house as compensation for years of marriage. Laura endured neighborhood gossip, family judgment, and legal papers while experiencing severe nausea and exhaustion. The medical
