Years earlier, misunderstandings and outside pressures had torn their young love apart. Before Anna could reach him again, his family had moved him abroad. When she discovered she was expecting a child, she had no way to contact him.
Daniel looked at Marcos with hesitation. “Is he…?”
Silence followed. Then Daniel knelt down, meeting Marcos at eye level.
“I didn’t know you existed,” he said gently. “I would have been here if I had known.”
Marcos studied him for a moment before asking quietly, “Are you my dad?”
“Yes,” Daniel whispered. “And I’m grateful I found you.”
Over the next few weeks, Daniel made every effort to be part of his son’s life. He invited Marcos to visit his company, bought him school materials, encouraged his interests, and even took him to Real Madrid games. For Marcos, it felt like discovering a piece of himself he never knew was missing.
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