A Little Girl Asked for Soup With Three Coins… Fifteen Years Later, She Returned What the Vendor’s Own Son Had Stolen
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Chapter 11 - A Letter from Prison
Shortly after the storm cleared, Mateo received an official notice from the Ministry of Justice. Javier had filed an appeal for early parole on medical grounds, claiming severe heart complications. The old man sat at his small kitchen table, staring at his son’s name on the legal document for hours. The betrayal still cut deep, yet the instincts of a father struggled against the memory of the forgery. He called Lucia, his voice frail. "Lucia... if he is truly sick, am I a monster for wanting him to stay away?"
