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Chapter 11: The Truth Buried with His Father

Author: JS NAOMIE
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-11-01 20:15:17

The study door closed behind us with a quiet click.

For a moment, neither Damian nor I spoke.

The room felt smaller than it had a few minutes ago. The fire in the marble fireplace crackled softly, but its warmth did nothing to ease the chill spreading through my body. On the desk lay the photograph from Victor Hale’s locker. My mother stood beside a black car, her face turned toward someone outside the frame.

Three days before she disappeared.

And now someone was telling me she was alive.

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