Diego closed his eyes.
He accepted my answer.
Whether he truly understood or simply recognized that he had no choice, I couldn’t tell.
But I knew one thing.
My children had arrived safely.
And I was not going to allow their birth to become an excuse for pretending the past had never happened.
PART 3: Two Children, One New Beginning, and a Life Without Humiliation
Several months after Nicolás and Emilia were born, we completed the DNA testing.
I didn’t request it because I doubted their paternity.
I had always known the truth.
The testing was useful for legal reasons, and I also understood the value of ending the speculation that had surrounded my pregnancy.
The results confirmed that Diego was compatible as the biological father of both babies.
When the document arrived by mail, I opened it and read it once.
Then I placed it with the rest of the legal paperwork.
