Inside the glass-roofed conservatory, three-year-old Mireya began struggling to breathe as her grandmother Margaret rushed to help her.
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Chapter 15
Two years later, Margaret had a health scare of her own.
Nothing severe.
But enough that Mireya saw adults respond quickly.
No dismissing.
No “performance.”
No debate over whether symptoms were dramatic.
She watched me call the doctor.
Then later asked:
“Grandma wasn’t pretending?”
“No.”
“What if she was?”
Interesting.
I thought.
“Then we would still make sure she was safe first.”
There.
The rule.
Safety before judgment.
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Questions after.
That became something Mireya understood early.
