Orphans of Love

There are moments in life that don’t give any warning, that arrive without permission and force you to change forever. Elián never imagined that, at eighteen, he would be holding his daughter in his arms while the world seemed to crumble around him. He had no time to prepare, nor to say goodbye to the person he loved more than anything. There was only a single moment, one last look from Aurora, and then a silence that left him alone with a promise he never spoke aloud: to never abandon his daughter, no matter what.



Elián’s life wasn’t perfect. He didn’t have a family to support him, nor money, nor a plan for the future. But he had something stronger: the memory of a girl with a fragile smile and a huge heart, a girl who, even on her hardest days, dreamed of a simple yet happy life. That was Aurora, always talking about the beauty of small things, about how it would feel to hear their daughter’s laughter echoing through the living room, about sunny days with a bicycle leaning against the wall.



Now, there was only him. And Emma.