Twelve years later, the illusion crumbled. Raúl began to wither — his body losing weight, his skin turning the color of wax. The diagnosis arrived like a thunderclap: advanced liver cancer.
The man who had once walked with arrogance and charm could no longer stand on his own. Hospitals replaced business trips. The bed that had once been empty now became his prison.
“What devotion,” they whispered. “She still loves him so much.”
But love had nothing to do with it. What kept her there was duty — a kind of moral clarity that few people ever reach.
The Woman in Red
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