This time there were no cameras nearby.
There were no speeches.
There was no music.
Just an exhausted woman and a man who had been robbed of almost everything.
Mateo approached slowly.
As if she feared that touching her son would cause everything to fall apart.
Clara looked at him, holding back tears.
“Forgive me,” he whispered. “For not seeing. For not knowing. For not being able to save you sooner.”
Matthew shook his head negatively.
—You didn’t disappoint me.
His mouth trembled as he said this.
Then he placed his hand on Clara’s cheek and rested his forehead against hers.
Leo made a small, soft noise between them.
And then Matthew took him in his arms again.
No handcuffs.
No guards.
Without judges.
Without wasting a single minute.
Leo looked at him with those dark eyes, too big for such a small baby, and reached out to fasten the shirt around his chest.
Mateo let out a broken laugh.
The first one in a long time.
—Hello, son—he whispered—. Very well.
Clara started to cry.
But not this time out of fear.
Behind them, the prison gates slammed shut.
Inside, the echo of injustice persisted.
Outside, under a gray morning that was beginning to brighten, the three remained.
It’s not intact.
He didn’t get away unscathed.
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