The girls were born earlier than expected. At first, joy filled the maternity ward. Two tiny voices echoed through the room. Maria smiled through her tears, while Daniel stood near the door, unable to speak.
But very quickly, a strange silence appeared in the middle of their happiness.
The doctors examined the babies longer than usual. They exchanged looks with an expression that a mother never forgets. It was the look of people who knew something but were not yet ready to say it.
At first, they explained that the girls were fragile, that they had been born prematurely and needed special monitoring. But Maria sensed that the truth went beyond that.
A few weeks later, the first signs began to appear. The girls struggled to gain weight. Their skin seemed unusually thin, their hair began to fall out, and the veins on their heads became more visible. Their bodies remained very small, and their facial features began to change in a way that no one had anticipated.
