He sat on the floor of the playroom with his daughters, ordered quesadillas through an app, and listened for three hours to things he should have known all along.
That Daniela hated piano lessons.
That Martina had nightmares when he traveled.
That Rosa taught them how to make hot chocolate because Patricia said they "made too much of a mess."
That the girls didn't want a perfect stepmother.
They wanted a present father.
Weeks later, Emiliano changed the house rules.
He cut back on trips.
She closed the monitoring room as a tool for suspicion and left it only for actual security.
She hired a child therapist.
