Marta left on a Sunday.She had stayed for five days — sleeping on the sofa, making coffee Elena didn’t drink, sitting beside her through the long silences that had taken over the flat. She had held her when she finally cried, really cried, on the third night, when the shock wore off enough for the grief to come through. She hadn’t asked too many questions. That was what Elena loved most about her — she knew when to talk and when to be there.But Marta had a life in Madrid—a job, a flat, a world that couldn’t be put on hold indefinitely. So on Sunday morning, she packed her bag, held Elena’s face in both hands, and made her promise to call every day.“You’re stronger than you think,” she said at the door.Elena nodded. She didn’t believe it yet. But she filed it away for later, for the moments when she would need something to hold onto.Then the door closed, and the flat was silent again.She was six months pregnant by then. The bump was visible now, undeniable, a physical fact that s
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