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CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO MY FATHER IS ALIVE

Author: Phina
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-09-25 23:22:12

The recording ended, but my mother's voice remained in my head.

Your father is alive.

I stood completely still, staring at the phone in Ethan's hand.

Alive.

The word should have brought relief. Instead, it made me feel strangely empty.

For eighteen years, I had never wondered much about my father. My mother had raised me alone for as long as I could remember, and whenever I asked about him, she had simply told me that some things were better left in the past.

I had accepted that answer because
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