He 20 wale nō makahiki o Esperanza Regalado i kona hāpai ʻana i kāna keiki mua. ʻAʻole i male ka wahine Paniolo, akā ʻaʻole kēia i makaʻu iā ia: ua maopopo iā ia e hiki iā ia ke hānai iā ia iho i ke keiki. E hānau ana ʻo Esperanza i kahi keʻena pilikino ma Tenerife, ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Las Palmas. Ua hōʻoia ka kauka i ka wahine ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke hānau, pono iā ia kahi cesarean. ʻAʻohe kumu o Esperanza e hilinaʻi i ka paleke. Anesthesia laulaha, pouli, ala ala.
"Ua hānau ʻia kāu keiki ua make," i lohe ai ʻo ia.
ʻO Esperanza kahi kaʻawale me ke kaumaha. Noi ʻo ia e hāʻawi ʻia ke kino o ka pēpē iā ia e kanu iā ia. Ua hōʻole ʻia ʻo ia. A ʻaʻole ʻae ʻia ka wahine e nānā i kāna keiki make. "Ua hoʻopau mua mākou iā ia," i haʻi lākou iā ia. ʻAʻole ʻike ʻo Esperanza i kāna keiki, make a ola paha.
Ua hala nā makahiki he nui, ua male ka Spaniard, a hānau he keiki kāne. A laila ʻehā hou aʻe. Ua hoʻomau ʻia ke ola e like me nā manawa maʻamau, a ua hala ʻo Esperanse ma mua o ke kanalima. A loaʻa koke iā ia kahi leka ma Facebook. ʻAʻole kamaʻāina iā ia ka mea nāna i hoʻouna aku, akā ua kīleʻa wale nā wāwae o ka wahine mai nā laina āna i heluhelu ai. "Ua hele mua ʻoe i Las Palmas? Ua make kāu pēpē i ka wā hānau? “
O wai kēia? Psychic? A i ʻole ʻo ka prank ʻino paha kēia a kekahi? Akā ʻo wai ka mea hoihoi i ka pāʻani ʻana i kahi luahine, e hoʻomanaʻo ana i nā hanana o 35 mau makahiki i hala?
Ua hoʻololi ʻia ua kākau ʻia ʻo Esperanza e kāna keiki, ʻo ka hiapo, ua make i hānau ʻia. ʻO Carlos kona inoa, hānai ʻia ʻo ia e kona makuahine a me kona makuakāne, ka mea āna i manaʻo mau ai he ʻohana. Akā i kekahi lā, ʻoiai e hoʻokaʻawale ana i nā palapala ʻohana, ua ʻike ʻo ia i kahi kope o ka passport wahine. Me he mea lā ʻaʻole ia he mea kūikawā, akā ua hana kekahi mea iā ia e loaʻa i kēia wahine. I ka hopena o kāna ʻimi ʻana, ua ʻike ʻia no kāna makuwahine olaola ke kāleka ʻike. Ua pūʻiwa lāua ʻelua: Ua ʻike ʻo Esperanza he keiki kāne makua kāna. A ʻo Carlos - he ʻelima ona mau kaikunāne a me kāna mau keiki hanauna.
Ua maopopo ka hopena: ua hoʻohuli pono ke kauka iā Esperanza e loaʻa i ka caesarean ma lalo o ka anesthesia āpau i hiki ai ke ʻaihue i kāna keiki. ʻO ke kūʻai aku ʻana i nā pēpē i nā kāne hānau ʻole, ʻaʻole naʻe, hoʻomaʻamaʻa. No nā pēpē i ʻaihue ʻia no ke kūʻai aku ʻana, ua hana ʻia kahi huaʻōlelo kūikawā: nā keiki o ka leo.
I kēia manawa ua hui hope loa ka makuahine a me kāna keikikāne a ke hoʻāʻo nei e hoʻopiha no ka manawa nalowale. Ua hui ʻo Esperanza i kahi moʻopuna wahine ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke moeʻuhane i kēlā. "Noho mākou ma nā mokupuni like ʻole, akā noho pū mākou," wahi a Esperanza, ka mea hiki ʻole ke manaʻoʻiʻo ua loaʻa kāna keiki ponoʻī.