My 16-year-old daughter worked for months, saving every dollar to buy her dream sewing machine, her most cherished treasure. But when she didn’t finish her chores quickly enough, her cruel stepmother threw it into the pool while my ex-husband watched in silence. They thought I would break down in tears. They had no idea I was about to show them what it truly means to lose something valuable…
I’ll never forget the sound. That sharp thud followed by the splash that split the sunset in two. It was my daughter Lucía’s sewing machine—her most cherished possession—falling to the bottom of the pool like a doomed stone. And the worst part wasn’t the noise. The worst part was seeing my ex-husband, Andrés, with his…