I saw my daughter begging in the street while carrying her baby… She told me her husband had… When I stopped at the red light, I saw my daughter begging, counting coins while holding her baby in her arms.

I saw my daughter begging on the street while carrying her baby… She told me that her husband had… When I stopped at the red light, I saw my daughter begging, counting coins while carrying her baby in her arms.

Sofia closed her eyes for a moment.

When she opened them again, they were full of tears that didn’t dare to fall.

“They kept it all, Dad…” she whispered. “The car, the money, everything. My husband said it was ‘for security,’ that he would manage it better. His mother said I was useless, that I wouldn’t survive without them. And I… I believed them.”

I gripped the steering wheel so tightly that my fingers hurt.

—And why are you here? Why didn’t you go back home?

Sofia took a deep breath, like someone preparing to tell a burning truth.