Esmeralda's body trembled as Enrico's words tore through the fragile walls she had built around her hope. The flood of emotions she had been holding back for weeks finally broke loose. She squeezed her eyes shut and let out a choked sob, her body shaking uncontrollably as the weight of everything crashed down on her at once.
She cried for Diego, not out of love, but out of sheer disbelief that she had once trusted him, believed in him, even pitied him. She cried for the broken promises, the lies, and the betrayal that had left her shattered. But more than that, she cried for herself, for everything she had endured, for the pieces of her life that had been stripped away, for the person she had been before all of this.
The car accident, her injury, the endless days of pain and recovery, Di
