CHAPTER 3: THE SECRET LUPITA WAS CARRYING
The smile on Constanza's face unsettled everyone.
Especially Lupita.
The young maid instinctively stepped backward.
One hand resting protectively over her stomach.
Constanza noticed.
And laughed softly.
“Well,” she said.
“Perhaps it's time everyone learned the rest.”
Arturo stared at her.
“What are you talking about?”
Constanza folded her arms.
Her confidence had returned.
“You all think I'm the villain.”
Her eyes locked onto Lupita.
“But ask her what she's hiding.”
The room turned toward the maid.
Lupita's face went white.
“Don't.”
Tears formed in her eyes.
“Please don't.”
Constanza smiled wider.
“Oh, I think we should.”
Carmen suddenly stepped forward.
“No!”
But it was too late.
Constanza pointed directly at Lupita.
“She isn't just carrying secrets.”
The young woman's breathing became uneven.
“She is carrying a child.”
Arturo froze.
Carmen gasped.
The room spun around Lupita.
Then Constanza delivered the final blow.
“A child connected to this family.”
Thunder exploded outside.
For a moment, nobody moved.
Nobody spoke.
Arturo looked at Lupita in disbelief.
The terrified young woman lowered her head.
Tears streamed down her face.
Because the accusation was true.
She was pregnant.
But that wasn't the shocking part.
The shocking part was who the baby's father might be.
Constanza slowly stepped closer.
Her voice dropped to a whisper.
“A baby that could destroy everything I've built.”
Arturo felt dread settle into his chest.
Because suddenly he realized the hidden photograph, Alma, the missing past, and Lupita's pregnancy were all connected.
And whatever truth Constanza had spent years hiding...
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was finally about to come out.
To be continued...
