POV: PEDRO: I have always lived my life knowing I don’t belong anywhere—not with the Gerux family, not with my supposed mother, Juana, not even in society. I’ve lived in the shadow of an identity I know nothing about, one I couldn’t explain. At five, Juana stopped pretending to be a loving mother. Too young, yet I still remember how much that broke my heart. She could forget to pick me up from school, ignore making meals, and never show up for school events or parents’ meetings. Buying me a gift was a dream that never came true. At five years old, I already knew she wasn’t my real mother. Mr. Gerux was there too. He visited often. Juana, ever jobless, was always home to entertain him until I returned from school, usually with the help of a kind neighbour who picked me up along with her daughter. Whenever I got home, Mr. Gerux would try to play the fatherly role. He truly tried, but I could never feel as happy as other children looked when they were with their fathers. At ten, Jua
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