“I gave him twice as many pills this time,” Doña Carmen replied in a low voice. He won’t wake up until tomorrow.
I felt a wave of rage run through my body, but I forced myself not to move a muscle.
The man approached the bed.
“What now?”
Doña Carmen sighed impatiently.
“Do the same as the other time. We just need it to look real.
The sound of a phone turning on was heard.
“I’m going to take some pictures,” she said. When Alejandro sees this, he will have no choice but to throw her out of the house for good.
The man laughed quietly.
“I never thought that a mother would be able to do something like that against her own son’s wife.
Doña Carmen replied coldly:
“That woman was never good enough for my son.
I felt my hands close tightly under the covers.
But I remained motionless.
The camera inside the photo frame captured every word.
Every movement.
Every lie.
The man leaned over to the bed.
Just at that moment, Doña Carmen said something that left me cold.
“After this, it will disappear from our lives. Alejandro is already suspicious of her. We just needed a test.
The man murmured:
“And how much will you pay me this time?”
“The same as before.
An awkward silence filled the room.
Then the man said something else, in a mocking tone:
“You know… Your child would never imagine that his own mother is paying a stranger to ruin the marriage.
Doña Carmen replied calmly:
“Sometimes a mother must do what is necessary to protect her family.
At that moment I knew that I already had everything I needed.
I waited a few more seconds.
Then I opened my eyes.
And I sat up on the bed.
“Yes… “Protect your family,” I said in a firm voice. Or destroy it?
The man immediately backed away.
Doña Carmen was paralyzed.
His face lost its color.
“You… Were you awake?
I smiled slowly.
“From the beginning.
I lifted the frame from the photo.
“And everything you just said—” it was also recorded.
Doña Carmen’s expression was transformed.
First disbelief.
Then fear.
“That… that is a lie.
“Oh, yes?”
I pulled the phone out from under the pillow and played the video.
The room was filled with his own voice.
“I put twice as many pills on him this time…”
“When Alejandro sees this, he will throw her out…
“How much will you pay me this time?”
The silence fell like a stone.
The man looked at me, then he looked at Doña Carmen.
“I… I don’t want trouble,” he said quickly. I was only paid.
And he ran out of the room.
Doña Carmen was left alone in front of me.
For the first time since I met her, she looked like a frightened woman.
“Listen to me,” he said in a trembling voice. We can talk about this.
“Yes,” I replied calmly. Let’s talk.
At that moment, footsteps were heard in the hallway.
Alejandro appeared at the door.
He had heard everything.
His face was pale.
“Mom, what does this mean?”
Doña Carmen opened her mouth, but no words came out.
I extended the phone.
“See for yourself.
Alejandro watched the full video.
Once.
Then again.
Every second he destroyed the lies that had filled his mind for weeks.
When he finished, he dropped his arms.
“Mom…
His voice was broken.
“Did you really do this?”
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