Chapter 34

“Get away from her,” I say in an anger-laden tone, but without raising my voice. “Who the fuck are you?”

“Dad!” my daughter puts herself between him and me, pushing the gun away. “He’s my boyfriend, Dad. Let him go! His name is Luis Daniel.”

“Your what?” I say to him, confused.

My baby has a boyfriend. And he works with Mireya, that’s for sure.

No

“Dad, I’m not a child anymore,” she smiles. “Understand...”

“Oscar,” says Mireya, “Quiet. Let’s talk in private.”

The four of us go to an adjoining room, leaving the others at the party.

“Start,” I tell them, leaning on a sofa, looking at them one at a time. “Boyfriend? You’re a girl, Sofia... No.”

“I’m not a child,” said Sofia more seriously, “I’ll be eighteen soon. I’m sorry I didn’t tell you at the hospital these past few weeks, but I didn’t know how to do it.”

“I warned you, girl,” says Mireya smiling. She seems to be amused by the situation, I’m not.

“You could have tol