It was Denahi's free day, he was coming downstairs when he heard Rosario talking on the living room. She sounded upset;

"Well what difference does it make anyway? I never met him in my whole life. Let his stripper take care of him...(scoff), he chose a stripper over his wife and daughter, now he had to deal with the consequences, on this case, my decisions...Yes, you told me he's dying, I know. I don't wish that to anyone but...sorry, he did his choices, I do mines...okay, you too, take care. Bye"

"Who was that mommy?"Aleu

"An aunt from Mexico mi vida"

"You said somebody was dying"

"Yes"

"Mom"Meztli"The dying person...is it him?"

Rosario nodded.

"Who?"

Then Denahi interfered.

"Precious, I think it's time to tell her"

"Meztli, would you give us a second with your sister?"

"I think this involves the whole family, so... I would like to stay"

Rosario smiled at her oldest daughter, with an arm she told her to approach. Then both of them shared a hug, everyone sit on the couch, Aleu had her dad at her left and her mom and sister at her right.

"Sunshine"Denahi begun"You know mom and I have some points in common, but the most remarkable is...that...we don't...know our fathers"

Aleu was confused.

"What do you mean Daddy?"

"Aleu, what we're trying to tell you is...that they left us"was her mother's answer"They didn't care about us so, they abandoned us. We never knew them"

Now a new fear was born within the little girl.

"But...Daddy...Is he gonna leave us?!"

"What? No"Denahi

"Daddy please don't leave us! Don't go! Please!"

Aleu was in front of Denahi with tears on her eyes. Denahi just got on his knees, took his daughter from the arms and looked straight at her eyes.

"Aleu, Aleu, look at me, look at me. Look into my eyes"

The kid did what she was told, when her eyes met with her father's she saw love and determination.

"I'm not going anywhere, How could I abandon the most valuable treasure I have? How could I leave my family on their own?"He said whipping the tears from his daughter"I'll never abandon you, neither you nor Meztli nor Mom. You three are my girls and I'll always look after you, no matter what"

"You promise?"

"I promise, come here"

Aleu hugged Denahi as she was crying on his shoulder. As he picked her up he saw that Meztli was fighting the tears.

"Hey cricket, wanna give Daddy some love?"

Meztli rushed to them and surrounded Denahi with her arms. Soon Rosario joined them and kissed her husband's lips.

"I'll always take care of you girls"

"We know Flaquito"Rosario"We know"

But all the sudden the family was knocked down on the couch.

"Saya!"

...

"You okay?"she asked him.

Rosario and Denahi were looking the sunset on a hill out of town. It was a saturday and they used to go there that day of the week, it was something special for them, they were not a couple yet but two fifteen years old best friends.

"I'm fine"

Rosario laughed.

"You're such a bad liar, tell me, what is it?"

Denahi looked at her, Rosario had become his best friend since he met her last year. He knew he could tell her anything and she wouldn't say a word, not even in torture.

"Chayo...can I ask you a personal question?"

"About what?"

"Have you ever feel that...nobody cares about you?"

Now the girl became more serious.

"Why do you say that?"

"Because its true, not for you but...for me. Nobody cares about me"

"Okay...What does make you think...that nobody cares about you?"

"Simple, the facts: Every time I fight with Kenai my mom and Sitka are on his side. This time we were fighting about our dads"

"Let me guess, you remembered him the indifference of his dad to him and he struck back with the fact your dad wanted your abortion. Consequence, you attacted him and they defended him"

Rosario knew that story already, after all she was Denahi's confident.

"Hey but a fight doesn't mean that they don't care about you"

"YES IT DOES! I'M JUST A STUPID MISTAKE! MY OWN FATHER WANTED TO KILL ME AT THE MOMENT HE LEARN I WAS COMMING TO THE WORLD! THEN MY MOM TOLD ME THE TRUTH TO DETAIL WHEN I WAS SEVEN! AND SHE WAS MAD AT ME JUST BECAUSE I WANTED SOME ANSWERS! AND THEN TO END ON A HIGH NOTE, SITKA, MY OLDEST BROTHER IS ALWAYS BY KENAI'S SIDE AND HE'S ALWAYS AGAINST ME! EVERYBODY HATES ME! NO ONE GIVES A SHIT ABOUT ME! NO ONE!"

Denahi started to cry.

"...Well I do"

"What?"

"I said, that I do care about you"

There was an unconfortable moment of silece between them befor Rosario spoke again.

"I think that...you rather believe that just because he wanted to abort you, you think nobody cares about you anymore. But I can prove you wrong"

"How?"

"Do you think that if your mom doesn't care about you, she would have chose you over your dad?"

"Well...I believe not"

"Then she does care about you. Denahi look at me"

They met each others eyes.

"I understand you perfectly. My dad also left my mom for a stripper when she was pregnant with me, I know what it feels like. But let me tell you an advice my mom gave me"Then the girl cupped her hands around his head and whiped away Denahi's tears"Don't shed tears for someone who's not worth it, because they don't deserve them"

Denahi just hugged his friend as he cryed on her shoulder. There he promised himself that if he got the chance to become a father, he would never abandon his kids, never. He would be a better father than his, he will become the father he always wished to have but never had.