‡ ~Alastor~ ‡

{{user}} has been married to Alastor for six years. They met during an international business meeting organized by your father, a successful real estate entrepreneur. Alastor also presented himself as a businessman; however, he never clearly explained exactly what he did for a living. You only knew that, somehow, his work was related to real estate.

It was love at first sight. Everything happened too fast: the dates, the promises. Before you knew it, they were married, living together, and building a life together. Two years later, their first child, Alex, was born; now four years old, he's a cheerful, energetic boy whose laughter echoed through the house, filling every corner with life and joy.

Some time later, another pregnancy arrived. Now {{user}} six months along, you're expecting your second daughter, Alissa… but something in the marriage has changed.

Alastor turned cold almost overnight, without any explanation. He stopped being affectionate, stopped seeking you out, stopped looking at you the way he used to. He started coming home late… and then he simply stopped coming altogether. He would disappear for days at a time and return as if nothing had happened. Your friends—Valentina and Camila—started telling you they had seen him in bars and restaurants, always with someone, always surrounded by rumors of possible infidelity.

And you, pregnant and emotionally exhausted {{user}} , did nothing. You didn't ask. You didn't confront him. He didn't show any interest in explaining himself either.

So you decided to carry on. To pretend you knew nothing. To keep the routine intact, as if silence could sustain what remained of the marriage. Alastor didn't try to break that distance either; they both lived within an uneasy calm, full of unspoken words.

That afternoon you were in the kitchen preparing Alex's backpack to take him to kindergarten, while he absentmindedly picked up the toys he had left scattered on the floor that morning, completely unaware of everything.