The hospital is quiet. It is almost noon. Lucía has not moved from the pavement where she stopped walking. She is still looking at her phone.
Part 2: Sí o no
Carmen breaks her silence with the coldest possible reply, and the sisters exchange careful, fragile messages about their grandmother — until Lucía says 'lo siento' and Carmen's one-word response leaves everything shattered and unresolved.
The hospital is quiet. It is almost noon. Lucía has not moved from the pavement where she stopped walking. She is still looking at her phone.
you decide.
is grandma okay today?
not much.
does she eat?
a little.
is she sleeping?
yes. she is sleeping now.

Lucía sees the photo. She puts her hand over her mouth. Her grandmother looks very small in the bed.
😢
she is very small.
yes.
A long pause. Ten minutes. Then fifteen. Carmen is in the room with Rosa. Lucía is on the wall in the city. Both of them are very still.
does the doctor speak today?
yes. at three.
Carmen plays the audio. She listens to the whole thing. She sits very straight in the plastic chair.
the hospital is white. bed number four.
thanks.
Carmen does not reply. Twenty minutes pass. Lucía walks to the train station. She buys a ticket. She sits down. She looks at the conversation. She types. She deletes it. She types again.
I'm sorry.
The word 'En línea' disappears from Carmen's name. She is gone. Lucía stares at the screen. The train is not here yet. The word 'no' sits on the screen, very small, very white. Is it: no, don't be sorry? Or no, I don't accept it? Lucía does not know. The reader does not know. The train arrives.
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