## The moment that changed their family forever
When Daniel returned home from Chicago two days later, rushing in through the front door with his luggage still in hand, he found Lucía sitting in a comfortable chair beside his father’s bed. She was reading aloud from one of Rafael’s favorite books—a Western novel about cowboys and justice and honor—her voice low and gentle and soothing.
The room had been transformed. The curtains were open, allowing golden afternoon sunlight to stream through the windows. Fresh flowers sat on the dresser, filling the air with the scent of lavender and roses. The medical equipment was still there, still necessary, but it had been arranged in a way that made it less dominating, less clinical.The atmosphere in the room was completely different from what Daniel had expected. Instead of the tension and anger he’d feared, there was only peace. A sense of rightness that he couldn’t quite explain but could definitely feel.
