Chapter 39

Mariana walked into the grocery store. She couldn’t believe that this late at night, she was out looking for green apples in her big pajamas.

The things she would do for her babies, walking around, she reached the right section and smiled.

Mariana grabbed as many apples as she could. Just seeing them made her mouth watery.

She slowly made her way towards the cashier, placing everything in front of a tired-looking girl who looked up at her.

Mariana reached for her wallet to pay, but another person beat her to it as he paid. Her eyes widened, and she looked up to understand what was going on, but then she froze.

Her heart accelerated in her chest, and her eyes widened, her lips trembled, and suddenly, she burst into tears.

It was too much for her as her body shook with violent sobs. Seeing him after seven months seemed too real to be reality.

“Hey, I never meant to make you cry,” Marco whispered soothingly, putting his