The moment I stepped inside, my breath caught.
The curtains were drawn tight, and the air was suffocating. Rosa lay motionless on the bed, her skin ghostly pale, her lips cracked. Her jewelry box was open and empty on the dresser.
“Carlos!” I screamed.
He ran in, took one look, and immediately called for an ambulance.
At the hospital, the doctors said she was severely dehydrated and malnourished. She hadn’t eaten or drunk anything for days.
“You should watch her more carefully,” one doctor said sternly. “She’s lucky to be alive.”
When we later checked her phone and bank account, the truth hit like thunder — almost 800,000 pesos had been withdrawn, and all of her gold jewelry was missing. Hugo had vanished.
A Heart Broken Beyond Wealth
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