My mom and friends in the province became my support.

Meanwhile, I heard that Marco’s girlfriend — Clarissa, a smooth-talking woman with a penchant for expensive things — had been brought to the Dela Cruzes’ house.

She was treated like a queen. Everything she wanted, she obeyed.

Whenever she had visitors, my mother-in-law would brag about her:

“This is the one who will give us a male heir to our business!”

In my mind, I didn’t need to fight them anymore — only time would tell.

I gave birth to my daughter in a public hospital in Cebu.

A healthy little girl — small, but with eyes as bright as the morning.

As I held her, all the pain I had been through suddenly disappeared.

I didn’t care if it was a boy or a girl — she was alive, and that was all that mattered.

A few weeks later, news reached me from a former neighbor:

Clarissa had also given birth.

Marco’s entire family was busy preparing — with balloons, banners, and a feast.

To them, the “heir” had arrived.

But one afternoon, news spread that shook the entire village: The baby was not a boy — but a girl.

And what’s more — not Marco’s child.

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