His small hands were trembling.

“My little sister…?” He whispered.

The doctor did not respond immediately.

He opened the briefcase.

He pulled out a small medical flashlight.

A thermal blanket.

An esthetoscope.

First he checked the baby’s pupils.

Then he placed the stethoscope on his tiny chest.

The silence in the room became unbearable.

Alejandro could hear the sound of his own breathing.

Mateo clenched his fists.

“Doctor,” murmured Alexander.

The doctor raised his hand.

“Wait a minute.

Seconds that seemed like minutes.

Then the doctor spoke calmly, but urgently.

“He’s in severe hypothermia…” but there is still activity.

Alejandro felt the air return to his lungs.

“Is she alive?”

“Yes.

The doctor looked at Alejandro directly.

“But we need to act now.

He began to gently rub the baby’s chest while wrapping her in the thermal blanket.

“Alejandro, I need warm water.” Do not heat. Tibia.

Alejandro reacted immediately.

“Yes.

He ran to the kitchen.

As he filled a container, he could hear the doctor’s calm voice.

“Matthew, right?”

The boy nodded.

“Yes.

“I need you to be very brave now.

Mateo swallowed.

“I’ll try.”

“Your little sister is strong, but she needs help to warm herself little by little. If we heat her up too quickly, her body can go into shock.

Matthew didn’t fully understand, but he listened to every word as if it were a holy command.

“Is he going to live?”

The doctor looked at him gently.

“That’s what we’re trying to achieve.

Alejandro returned with the container.

The doctor dipped a cloth and began to gradually apply heat to the baby’s arms and legs.

“His body is too cold. We have to trick the system into turning it back on.

The wall clock marked every second with a sharp sound.

Tac.

Tac.

Tac.

Mateo looked at his little sister’s face.

“Sarah,” he whispered.

The doctor continued to work.

Minutes passed.

No one spoke.

Alejandro felt that his heart was beating stronger than ever in his life.

Then something happened.

A movement.

Small.

Almost imperceptible.

The doctor raised his head.

“Well…

Sarah’s tiny hand trembled slightly.

Mateo stepped forward.

“Did you see it?”

The doctor nodded.

“Yes.

Then something else happened.

A small sound.

A faint groan.

Mateo let out a sob.

“She’s crying!”

And then, as if the little body had remembered how to do it…

Sarah began to cry.

Weak.

But real.

The sound filled the apartment.

Alejandro closed his eyes for a second.

A huge weight left his chest.

The doctor smiled for the first time.

“That’s exactly what we wanted to hear.

Mateo broke down in tears.

“I thought he was dead…”

Alejandro approached the boy and put a hand on his shoulder.

“You didn’t do badly.

Mateo looked up.

“Really?”

“You kept her alive long enough to find help.

The doctor continued to monitor the baby.

“We still need to take her to the hospital for observation.

At that moment another sound was heard.

Knocking on the door.

Don Ernesto returned to the hallway.

“It’s the police, sir.

Alejandro nodded.

“Let them pass.”

Two officers entered.

A young woman and an older man.

“Good evening.” We received a report about abandoned children.

Alejandro quickly explained what happened.

Mateo listened in silence.

The officer knelt in front of the boy.

“Hello, champion.

Mateo looked down.

“Hello.

“Do you know where your mother is?”

The boy shook his head.

“He said he would come back…

The officer exchanged a glance with her partner.

“Let’s find it.”

Meanwhile, the doctor finished securing the baby in the thermal blanket.

“We need to leave now.

Alejandro took his coat.

“I’ll take them.”

Mateo looked up.

“Can I go too?”

“Of course.

Minutes later they were in Alejandro’s car.

The snow kept falling.

The lights of the