My answer is simple: forgiveness wasn’t for them. It was for me. To release the weight of secrets I never asked to carry.
Dad was flawed, yes. But he loved me enough to leave breadcrumbs of truth. Mateo chose me over his mother’s manipulation.
And Lira? She wasted her life chasing what she could never have. I refuse to repeat her mistake.
So if you’re holding onto a secret, or avoiding a truth you fear will shatter everything—remember this: sometimes what you find behind that “blue photo album” might hurt, but it might also be the key to your freedom.
