Laura froze.
-What are you taking about?
“I saw the video,” I said, looking her straight in the eyes. “I know exactly what they did to Hercules.”
The silence was immediate. Heavy. Suffocating.
Esteban stood up suddenly.
“That dog was a danger! You were in a coma! Someone had to make decisions!”
“No,” I replied with a calmness that surprised me. “Someone decided out of convenience. Out of selfishness. Out of cruelty.”
Laura exploded.
—Cruelty?! I sacrificed myself for you, Roberto! I took care of you! I lived here for FREE because YOU offered it to me!
“I offered you a home,” I corrected. “I didn’t offer you the right to destroy the only thing that kept me alive.”
I hit the table with the folder.
—Here is the eviction order. You have 48 hours.“You can’t do that!” Esteban shouted. “We’re family!”
I looked at him for the first time as he truly was.
—A family doesn’t abandon a defenseless person on a highway to die.
Laura started to cry, but it wasn’t regret. It was fear.
