Chapter 17

Days have passed, and I can’t stop thinking about what happened to Tomas. There was no funeral as he deserved. The pain eats me up inside. He was family. I was his family. I can’t stop thinking about whether I could have done anything to change the present...

I can’t just focus on that, and I turn all my energy into my princess’s 15th birthday party. I don’t care how much I have to spend, I don’t care. Now I finally understand that phrase “It’s only money”.

The only thing that mattered to me was that my baby had the shower I dreamed of. I never would have imagined that I could achieve this. When I thought about that party, before I got into this life, I was sad that I couldn’t give her what she wanted. The 15th birthday party is important to the girls, and now, I can give her what she deserves.

She invited all her friends from school, from the old neighborhood, lots and lots of people. I rented a place and decorated it just as she wished, with