Cecilia knew she could never reclaim the years she had lost, nor undo the choices that had led them here. The past could not be rewritten, but perhaps the future did not have to be defined by the same mistakes.
She had missed the chance to be the mother her daughter had needed, a regret she would carry for the rest of her life. But as she looked at Maya and Jaime, she realized fate had given her something she had never expected—a second chance.
In that quiet moment, Cecilia made herself a silent promise. Whatever time she had left, she would spend it loving Maya and Jaime with everything she had, even if it meant standing against Tobias, even if it meant making the very same choice her daughter once had.
This time, she would choose them.
She would choose the only pieces of her daughter
