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Chapter 23

Author: Teddy
last update Last Updated: 2025-10-03 22:23:59

Chapter Twenty-Three

Elena’s POV

The clanging of keys, the echo of heavy boots, the smell of iron and damp cement prison always felt like a wound that never healed.

But today, walking into the visitor’s section with a small bag of food and milk in my hands, I felt my heart beating faster than usual.

When they brought him out, my chest almost collapsed in on itself.

“Papi…” I whispered, voice trembling as I saw him.

My father looked thinner, the jumpsuit hanging loose around his shoulders. His once-strong arms, the ones that used to lift me into the air and twirl me around the kitchen, now carried scars and bruises. His eyes still held love, but they were dimmer, like light suffocated under smoke.

“My golden girl,” he rasped, his voice cracking with too many nights of silence.

I dropped everything and rushed into his arms, hugging him tight. His chest shook against mine as if he was holding back tears. I couldn’t hold mine.

They spilled freely, soaking the fabric of his worn-out shirt
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