I was ready to end my marriage—until I accidentally overheard my wife opening up to her mother.

sobs. “You’re not a burden.”

—The doctors can’t promise I’ll survive the surgery.

The envelope started shaking in Mauricio’s hands.

Inside, Elena kept talking.

Months ago, she’d started having intense pain. At first she’d blamed stress, but tests found an aggressive tumor near her pancreas.

She needed treatment, expensive medication, high-risk surgery.

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