“He threw her out into the street while she was pregnant, believing she had been unfaithful: 10 years later, a red light showed him 4 pairs of eyes identical to his own and he discovered the truth that brought him to his knees.”

A year later, on the quadruplets’ tenth birthday, the house was filled with balloons. Mauricio watched from the garden gate as his daughters ran after the dog. Victoria approached him, handing him a glass of wine.

“They look happy,” she said.
“They are. Thanks to you, who protected them like a lioness.”
Victoria looked at him. The resentment was gone, replaced by a cautious but warm peace.
“You’ve changed too, Mauricio. You’re no longer the untouchable CEO.
” “No,” he smiled, watching Valentina beckon him to come play. “Now I have the most difficult and most important job in the world.”

He set his glass down on the table and ran out into the garden, where four pairs of green eyes were waiting to attack him with water balloons. Laughing, soaked and happy, Mauricio knew he had been just a traffic light away from losing his soul forever, but that life, in its infinite mercy, had given him a second chance. And he wasn’t going to waste another second.