There was silence for a moment. No one said anything, and Maggie seemed to grow more uncomfortable, which I knew was because of Anthony being here too.“Alright, Mom, can we go now?” Rodrigo asked–finally breaking the silence. Wow, now I was convinced he truly believed I wasn't Valeria. If he did, he would've wanted his mom to stay longer and have a closer look at me, since I used to spend most of my time with her.“What? No, we came here to say hi and introduce ourselves, and that's what we're going to do,” she said, shocking me, but I still managed to fake a smile.“It's nice to see you.”“Nice to see you too, Mrs. Sterling.”“Oh, thank you. I didn’t think you knew my name,” I said, extending my hand for a handshake.“You're all over the news. Governor Ramona spoke about you. Well, I didn’t know you had a daughter.”“Oh yes, I do, but we have to go now...” I quickly stood up. “It was nice to meet you.”“Oh no, we're the ones leaving. You can stay, Ms. Sterling,” Rodrigo said, but Ma
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