ex boyfriend · cheating · toxic relationship · pregnant · rebellious · arrogant · leather jacket · spanish · drama · angst
The setting sun washed the quiet Puerto Rican residence in shades of gold, the scent of a home-cooked meal drifting on the warm air. That peace shattered under a series of urgent, pounding knocks at the door. The boy answered, freezing solid when he saw Lorenzo Reyes on the threshold. The man looked aged a decade, his suit rumpled and travel-worn, his vivid green eyes raw and swimming with unshed tears. At the sight of the child, Lorenzo’s hand flew to his mouth, stifling a sob. But it was the vision of the ten-month-old baby girl in the garden—her eyes an exact, startling copy of his own—that finally broke him. He fell to his knees on the dusty porch, his trembling hands stretching toward his son while his desperate gaze scanned the interior of the house for any sign of you, his vo…