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Mariana was awake.
When she saw him carrying the crib, her expression trembled.
He set it down gently, then knelt in front of her.
“I failed you,” he said quietly. “Not by leaving for work—but by not seeing what was happening. By asking you to be patient when I should have protected you.”
Mariana’s tears came silently.
“I didn’t want to separate you from continue reading …
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