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Chapter 21 - A Father’s Final Request
Two years after his conviction, Javier fell genuinely ill in prison. This time, the medical reports were real and devastating. He sent a brief note to his father, asking for forgiveness before his time ran out. Mateo sat quietly in his rocking chair for a long time, holding the paper in his frail, trembling hands. He asked Lucia to drive him to the prison hospital. Lucia waited outside the room as the old man walked in alone, leaving father and son to resolve their painful past in privacy.
