|Katherine|
“Do you really have to leave already? Stay for just one more day, Javier!” Tita Rebecca’s voice rang out with a familiar mix of warmth and stubbornness as she reached out to him, her tone tugging at the edges of my resolve.
I glanced sideways at Javier, half-expecting him to cave—or maybe hoping he would. Because if his mother pleaded just a little harder, I wasn’t sure I could say no either.
But he kept his tone calm, his expression unreadable. “We’ll come back as soon as we settle a few important things, Mom,” he said, his voice steady, like he’d rehearsed this answer a dozen times.
Tita Rebecca wasn’t having it. She rolled her eyes with theatrical flair, clearly unimpressed. The gesture made me blink—surprised not just by her bluntness, but by how genuine it felt. There
