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Chapter Six: Her Mother’s Voice

Author: Haleemah
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-08-10 22:59:51

Nadia didn't remember the drive to the hospital. One moment she was standing in Damian's study listening to her mother's voicemail greeting play through his phone, and the next she was walking through the same sliding doors she'd walked through the night of the collapse, her heart pounding so hard it hurt.

Damian had wanted to come with her. She'd told him no — this was something she needed to do alone, at least the first time, before she had any idea what she was even walking into. He hadn't a
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    Nadia checked into a small hotel across the city, deliberately choosing somewhere unconnected to the Hale family, somewhere she could simply exist without the weight of security details and constant vigilance. The quiet of the modest room felt strange after months of chaos, almost unbearably still.She spent the first day mostly sleeping, exhaustion she hadn't allowed herself to fully feel finally catching up with her now that the immediate danger had receded. By the second day, restlessness set in, memories and doubts circling endlessly through her mind as she tried to sort through everything that had brought her to this uncertain, lonely place.She called her mother that evening, needing to hear a familiar voice even amid their own still-fragile relationship."How are you holding up?" her mother asked gently."I don't know," Nadia admitted. "Tired. Confused. I keep replaying that conversation with Damian, trying to figure out if I overreacted, or if I was right to need space.""Mayb

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