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Chapter Six

Auteur: Dorcas Williams
last update Date de publication: 2026-06-16 17:21:19

"The reason your family has been living a lie for seven years."

The words echoed through my head, again, and again, and again

I stared at the folder lying on the table between us. It looked ordinary, just paper, cardboard and ink. Yet somehow it felt heavier than anything I'd ever held in my life. Because whatever was inside had the power to change everything. My family, my father and my entire past.

I looked from the folder to Albert. His expression remained unreadable. Annoyingly unreadable.
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