ESTEFANÍA (LIFE STORY)
I saw my mother with eyes full of resentment because I wasn’t sure if she really loved me deep down in her heart.
“For heaven’s sake, Mom, I’m seventeen and you want to marry me off to someone I don’t even know,” I said, feeling her intentions crushing my chest.
“Soon it will be election time, and your father needs all the support he can get. Choosing someone who can protect you from all dangers is an obligation we have as parents,” my mother replied. She seemed to be justifying herself, and I didn’t know if it was to calm the guilt she felt inside, which I hoped it was, or if she really believed it that way.
“And can’t you protect me? Or is it too burdensome for you? Because Oliver isn’t being pressured as much as I am,” I retorted.
My mother looked at me furio
