MARIEL
The sun was just beginning to illuminate Mariel's room when the sound of a notification woke her up. It was early. How could she already have a message?
She thought it might be her brother Manuel, who still hadn't adjusted to the time difference and sometimes called in the early morning.
With sleepy eyes, she picked up her phone and opened the email she had just received. It was a message from her lawyer, and the words she read filled her with immense sadness: her divorce from Tobías had been finalized.
Feeling a weight on her chest, Mariel let the phone fall and hugged her legs, curled up in her bed. Tears began to flow silently, but soon her sobs intensified, filling the room with the sound of her pain.
Amid her despair, she heard a soft knock on the door. It was Basil. He h
