areer, scientific papers, surgeries… A child would have been an obstacle for you. I was scared. I decided it was better to disappear than to hold you back.

He carefully approached her bed, took her hand, and held it tightly.

— I would have given up everything for you. Career, positions… because nothing is more important than this moment. Nothing is more important than you.

And the little one quietly fell asleep, as if unaware that his arrival had changed everything — both their past and their future.