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Maddix's POV

"What my niece did was really..." Napapikit ito at napabuntong hininga.

"It was her. She planned all of this with Alfredo. She planned it to destroy you. She thought that you were the reason why Franco died; it's not an excuse that she was young because she was at the right age now; she was blinded by anger, and what she did was bad. I stared blankly at Peter Fernandez, a general and Aliyah's uncle.

"Mahirap sa'kin na ilaglag ang sarili kong pamangkin, but I don't want to tolerate what she did. Maraming madadamay sa ginawa niya. I'm here to tell you that we will accept whatever decision you make. Kung ipapakulong niyo siya, ihaharap ko siya," seryosong sambit ni General Fernandez.

Napatitig ako sa basong nasa harap ko, hindi na nagulat sa sinabi niya.

"How could she do this? We will talk to our lawyer about it, General Fernandez. We will sue her at mabubulok siya sa kulungan! I am not going to say thank you for what you confess right now---" I cut mom from talking.

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