When I saw her convulsing, I immediately carried her to the couch, while Dante called an emergency number for an ambulance. Eleven minutes later, the emergency team was already arriving at the building. I asked for her to be transferred to the Barcelona Private Health Hospital. Mauro left in the ambulance, while the rest of us left in our respective cars.

When we arrived at the hospital, Sophia had already been admitted. We all sat in the waiting room, impatiently waiting for a doctor to come out and give us the diagnosis. A while later, which in truth had seemed like hours, a man in a white coat appeared in front of us.

“Family members of Miss Sophia Madrid? “After indicating that we were her relatives, the doctor went on.

“The young woman has bacterial meningitis, caused by listeria monocytogenes," he explained at length. The patient only asks persistently that they please save her child, and that if it is necessary to sacrifice someone, it should be her.

"Gentlemen, we are evaluati