“Mom, I wanted to tell you so many times... But I was afraid that if Sarah refused to see you, your heart would break again. And Dad always told me that we should wait a little longer.
I hugged her tightly.
“Honey, you should never have to carry such a big weight just to protect other people’s feelings.
He sucked his head on my shoulder.
At that moment, Robert entered the room.
He came to me and gently took my hand.
Do you think that one day you can forgive me completely?
I looked him in the eye.
"Yes. But there must never again be secrets like this in our family.
He nodded.
That day I thought my daughter had been receiving money for five years to hide something terrible from me. But the truth was that he had spent those five years trying to protect two families separated by the pride and mistakes of the adults around them.
