Her mother-in-law pushed her from the rooftop and Daniel cut the rope… but the old maid was left hanging to save the pregnant woman and her baby.
Her mother-in-law pushed her from the rooftop and Daniel cut the rope… but the old maid was left hanging to save the pregnant woman and her baby.
Her mother-in-law pushed the pregnant woman off the rooftop…
But Elena managed to grab onto a clothesline before falling into the void.
His body was left swinging more than ten stories high.
"Help! My baby!" she cried, holding on with one hand while the other instinctively protected her belly.
The rope was old and thin.
Every time the wind moved his body, the fibers creaked as if they were about to break.
On the rooftop, Beatriz slowly approached the edge and looked down.
She didn't seem scared.
She was smiling.
"No one is going to save you this time," he said coldly.
Elena looked up, crying.
Why are you doing this? He's your grandson!
—That baby should never have existed.
Before Beatriz could step on the rope, Rosa, the old servant, ran out through the rooftop door.
I had heard the screams from the floor below.
Seeing Elena hanging there, he knelt by the edge and stretched out his arm.
—Give me your hand!
Elena tried to reach her, but the wind carried her away.
-Can't!
—Yes, you can! Think of your baby!
With a final effort, Elena raised her arm.
Rosa managed to grab her by the wrist.
"I won't let her go!" he promised.
The old woman knelt on both knees and began to pull.
But Beatriz ran towards her, grabbed her hair and pulled with all her might.
—Drop it!
Rosa screamed in pain, although she did not let go of Elena's wrist.
"I will not allow him to kill a mother and her child!"
Beatriz began hitting her on the back.
—You're nothing but a servant!
—And you are nothing but a murderer.
Beatriz's face changed.
He kicked him in the side.
Rosa partially fell over the edge, but continued to hold onto Elena.
The rope began to break little by little.
Elena felt it descend several centimeters.
—Rosa, I'm slipping!
—Hold on!
At that moment, the rooftop door opened.
Daniel appeared.
Elena's husband.
She felt the fear disappear for a moment.
"Daniel!" she cried. "Help us! Your mother tried to kill me!"
Daniel looked at his wife hanging, at Rosa wounded and his mother by the edge.
He said nothing for several seconds.
Elena expected him to run towards them.
But Daniel slowly closed the door behind him.
Then he pulled a knife out of his jacket.
Rosa looked at him in horror.
—Mr. Daniel…
"Stand aside," he ordered.
—His wife is carrying his son.
Daniel approached the rope.
Elena began to shake her head.
—Daniel, please… We can talk. Just help me up.
He bent down and placed the edge of the knife against the rope.
—That baby cannot live.
—He's your son!
Daniel looked up.
—That's precisely why.
And he cut the rope.
Elena screamed.
Rosa, who was still holding her wrist, was dragged away with her.
The two fell into the void.
During the fall, the old woman hugged Elena and turned her own body to protect the young woman's belly.
Elena closed her eyes, convinced that they would die.
But then his shoulder hit a balcony on the floor below.
Instinctively, he stretched out his arms.
His fingers managed to grip the railing.
The impact was brutal.
Elena felt an unbearable pain in her arms, but she managed to stop the fall.
Rosa, however, was left hanging below her.
His body was trapped only between Elena's legs.
"Rosa!" he shouted.
The old woman looked up.
He had blood on his forehead and could barely breathe.
-Do not move…
—I can't hold it!
Elena had half her body hanging off the balcony.
His hands slid slowly over the metal.
Rosa's weight pulled her down.
Up above, Daniel and Beatriz looked out from the rooftop.
"They're still alive," Beatriz said furiously.
Daniel looked at his wife without showing any emotion.
—Not for long.
Elena looked at him with tears in her eyes.
—How can you do this to your own son?
Daniel remained silent.
Rosa gathered her strength to speak.
—Because he knows the baby will reveal the truth.
Beatriz paled.
-Be quiet!
Elena looked down.
—What truth?
Rosa squeezed Elena's legs tightly to avoid falling.
—Daniel never wanted you to get pregnant.
—That doesn't make sense. He asked me to start a family.
—Because he needed an heir before his father died.
Daniel leaned over the edge.
—Rosa, if you speak again, I will kill your daughter.
The old woman was paralyzed.
Elena looked at her.
—Your daughter?
Rosa closed her eyes.
For thirty years he had lived in the mansion without mentioning that he had a family.
"I thought I was dead," she whispered.
Daniel smiled.
—She isn't. And we know exactly where to find her.
"Leave her out of this!" Rosa shouted.
—Then let Elena go.
Rosa looked at her.
If he freed his legs, he would fall into the void.
If he continued talking, Daniel would carry out his threat.
Elena felt one of her fingers slip off the railing.
—Rosa, I need to know.
—There's no time.
—Why do they want to kill my baby?
The old woman looked up.
Beatriz shook her head, warning him to keep quiet.
Rosa took a deep breath.
—Because Daniel is not the true heir of this family.
Elena felt her heart stop.
-That?
—Daniel's father discovered that Beatriz had switched his baby at the hospital thirty-five years ago.
Daniel gripped the knife angrily.
-Enough!
Rosa continued:
"Daniel doesn't have Valdés blood. If his son is born and they perform the genetic tests required by the will, everyone will find out."
Elena tried to understand.
—So you want to kill my baby to avoid a DNA test?
—Not only that.
Rosa stared intently at Beatriz.
—Your baby does belong to the Valdés family.
Elena opened her eyes.
—How can that be possible if Daniel is not their son?
The old woman hesitated.
Daniel started running towards the rooftop door.
Beatriz followed him.
—Hurry! They'll come in through the lower floor!
Elena heard their footsteps disappear.
They were coming towards the balcony.
—Rosa, tell me!
—The true heir had a son before he disappeared.
-Who?
Rosa looked at Elena's belly.
—The father of her baby.
Elena felt nauseous.
—Daniel is the father.
—That's what you think.
—I've never been with another man.
Rosa shook her head slowly.
—Months before her wedding, she had an accident. She remained unconscious for several days.
Elena remembered the hospital.
Daniel had always been by her side.
At least, that's what they had been told.
—What happened while I was unconscious?
Rosa began to cry.
—Beatriz paid a doctor to perform a procedure without her consent.
—What procedure?
Before Rosa could answer, the apartment door opened.
A woman went out onto the balcony and screamed when she saw them hanging.
-My God!
He ran towards Elena and tried to hold her arms.
—Don't let go! My husband is calling emergency services!
Elena felt a little relief.
But then there was knocking on the front door of the apartment.
"Open up!" Daniel shouted from the hallway. "It's my wife!"
The woman on the balcony looked inwards.
—Is that man your husband?
"Don't open the door!" Elena shouted. "He tried to kill us!"
The blows became stronger.
—Open the door right now!
The woman shouted to her husband:
—Call the police too!
Rosa began to lose strength.
—Elena…
—Don't let go of me.
—You must drop me.
-No!
—My weight will cause us both to die.
—I'm not going to leave her.
Rosa smiled sadly.
—I always wanted to have a daughter like you.
Elena denied it desperately.
—Don't say goodbye.
The front door began to give way under the blows.
Daniel was trying to knock her down.
Elena looked at Rosa's hands.
One of them was slowly moving away from his leg.
—No! Hold on!
"Listen carefully," the old woman said. "In my room there's a box behind the mirror. Inside you'll find the hospital records."
—What records?
—The documents that prove who the real father of your child is.
—Tell me your name!
Rosa opened her mouth.
But at that moment, the apartment door broke.
Daniel entered with the knife in his hand.
Beatriz was coming behind him.
The man of the house tried to stop him, but Daniel hit him and ran towards the balcony.
The woman screamed.
—Stay away from them!
Daniel raised the knife.
—Let her go, Rosa.
Elena clung to the railing as her fingers continued to slip.
"Who is the father of my baby?" she shouted.
Rosa looked at Daniel.
Then he looked at Elena.
—The real father is…
Daniel threw the knife.
The leaf flew straight towards them.
Rosa let go of one hand to push it away.
The movement caused his legs to separate from Elena's.
The old woman began to fall.
-Pink!
Elena tried to hold on, but lost another finger to the railing.
Daniel ran to the edge to finish the job.
Then a male voice sounded behind him:
—Touch my son again and I'll kill you.
Daniel remained motionless.
Beatriz lost the color in her face.
Elena looked up.
There was an unknown man at the entrance of the apartment.
He was carrying an old photograph of the Valdés family in his hand.
His face was exactly like that of Daniel's late father when he was young.
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Rosa, still clinging to Elena's leg with one hand, whispered:
—The true heir…
