Rosa went straight to the bathroom, still shivering from being drenched in the cold rain. She took a warm shower, letting the heat comfort her chilled skin, then quickly got dressed to leave for the hospital. Her heart was still in panic, and her only calm was Renzo—her angel, the light of hope who gave her strength to fight back. Desperate to see her son, she rushed to board a bus and reach the hospital.
She sent Lucy home, insisting she get some rest, and stayed with Renzo the whole night. Renzo slept better with his mother beside him, but Rosa barely slept at all. Watching her son wince in pain had been one of the hardest moments of her life.
And it made her resolve even stronger. She had to arrange the money. She had to get pregnant by Renzo’s biological father so the newborn’s cord-
