He didn't come back that day or the next, so I never had the chance to thank him. He wasn't around for almost a week, so I tried to take advantage of it by sneaking into his room, but I couldn't do it without the key.
He locked the door to his room, and neither his mother nor anybody else in the family has a spare.
Though it was still early on, I made the decision to give up on hope for the time being and concentrate more on the baby that was slowly developing inside of me. I was already beginning to feel exhausted and anxious.
I dressed for a shopping trip, but it was for the baby, not for myself. Beatriz insisted that we buy baby clothes despite the fact that it was too early for that; she did so because she wanted the house to feel like a baby was moving in.
The only way I could
