The first time I went to eat at my boss’s house, I almost fainted at the sight of his son. The child had exactly the same face as my own son.

I felt like the world was freezing.

Alejandro finished the sentence.

“And the only blood compatible at that time…” it was Emiliano’s.

My chest tightened.

“Our son saved yours’ life.

Tears began to fill my eyes without me being able to help it.

For years I had thought that Matthew had just been lucky.

That the doctors had acted quickly.

But now…

“We never meant to say it,” said Alexander. We thought it was not necessary to remove the past.

Sofia added:

“But when Mateo grew up… he began to look very much like Emiliano.

Alejandro looked at me with a small, tired smile.

—I suppose sharing the same beginning in life creates strange connections.

I looked down, trying to process everything.

I suddenly understood why Alejandro had always been so protective of me at work.

It wasn’t just professional respect.

There was something else.

An invisible bond.

I got up slowly.