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CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE- FOR HIS BIRTHDAY
JOANABE (JOENABELL) POV
She looks at me like she sees a ghost because I can see her lips pale.
"Just kidding," I chuckle forcibly.
"You are not," She says while looking away from me.
"Joenabell... No, Joanabe, you are still the person that I raise," She sighs heavily.
"I am, I am still the child you adore," I tell her softly.
Please, don't cry for me again, Karene.
"Thank you for telling me," Her nose sniffs.
"You are not going to ask me more questions?" I am thinking that she's going to rain me with questions about me. About what happened and everything?
She sits in my bed and pulls me into a hug.
I am caught off guard by her affection to me.
"Thank you for believing me. I will keep on believing you, Joanabe." I hug her back and whisper in her ears,
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