“Travel restrictions are authorized.”
“No!”
The word echoed through the courtroom.
But nobody listened anymore.
Because the powerful man who entered expecting victory was collapsing in real time.
The same man who told me I came from nothing.
The same man who promised I would leave with nothing.
Now looked like a man realizing everything might disappear.
Catalina walked to my side.
She placed an arm around my shoulders.
Protective.
Certain.
Maternal.
For a moment, Héctor looked at me.
Not with love.
Not with regret.
