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Chapter 108

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Ysabelle’s POV

“Wait,” I said into the phone, my voice barely holding together. “Sino ka?”

Silence.

“Hello?” I pressed the phone harder against my ear, as if that would pull the answer out of the void. “You said you’re from our company— anong pangalan mo? Anong department?”

A breath. Slow. Measured. Too calm for someone delivering news that had just cracked my world open.

“That information isn’t necessary, ma’am.”

My chest tightened. “Necessary sa’kin,” I snapped. “You can’t just call me, sabihin na hostage ang kumpanya namin, tapos—”

“You should have stayed,” he repeated, colder now.

“Who are you?” My voice shook. “Who did this?”

A faint sound on the other line—like fabric brushing against a mic, or maybe a finger sliding over glass.

Then—

Click.

The call ended.

I stared at my phone like it had just betrayed me.

My mom grabbed my shoulders first. “Ysa, anak, kausap mo pa ba siya? Sino ‘yon?”

I shook my head slowly. “Hindi ko alam,” I whispered. “Hindi niya sinabi.”

My dad was already
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