Lucía felt the fire burning the man’s back…
because he was taking all the pain to protect her.

Before she lost consciousness, she saw the tattoo on his shoulder:
an eagle with a rose.

When she woke up in the hospital, firefighters told her that a “good Samaritan” had saved her and left without giving his name.

She never saw him again.

Lucía returned to the present.

With trembling hands, she touched Don Rafael’s scars.

— Was it you…? she sobbed. Were you the man who saved me?

Tears rolled down the old man’s face.
And with great effort, he closed his eyes — a sign of “yes.”

At that moment, the phone rang.
It was Daniel.

— Is everything okay with my father? he asked anxiously.

— Daniel… Lucía cried. Why did you never tell me?
Your father is the man who saved my life when I was a child!

Silence on the other end.

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