They went together to have the initial blood tests done. Helena woke up still drowsy, as the habit of waking up early had been left behind a long time ago. She recalled the time when she would go to bed as late as she could and get up before the sun really appeared, all to escape the hands of her former husband. She was grateful that now her room was not a place she feared; rather, it was a place to surrender to her husband without reservations and with total confidence.
Even her sister was protected. They left Potira under the supervision of one of the caretakers and the sisters who now worked for them. The protection they didn't have in their family home, they now had with Estefano. Things were good, and the child in her belly was proof that their love was real. It didn't matter his int
