Chapter 436. The One Who Comforted Me Was You

Two cars pulled up to the shoreline one after the other.

Caitlin stepped out first. Ximena, glancing at her silhouette against the sea, followed silently.

They stood together, facing the vast horizon. The sky and sea blended into a hazy gray—just like the storm of emotions inside Ximena.

“Don’t you have anything to say?” Caitlin asked, turning to look at her.

Ximena’s expression was sorrowful, conflicted beyond words.

“It must hurt, seeing your own son and yet not being able to call him your own,” Caitlin continued softly. She wasn’t mocking her—if anything, her tone was almost like that of a friend’s.

“You know everything, don’t you?” Ximena asked, struggling to keep her voice steady.

“Nothing stays hidden forever. What you’re facing now is the consequence of everything you did. Who else can you blame?”

“Yes... I can only blame myself.”

One wrong step had led to a lifetime of regret. Ximena feared there might never be a path bac