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Chapter Nine- The Flash Back

Author: OPRAH JAE
last update Last Updated: 2025-11-13 00:48:45

The hotel room smelled of damp carpet and regret. Miguel sat on the edge of the narrow bed, his elbows pressed to his knees, his hands trembling as they cupped his face. Outside, the neon sign of the bar across the street flickered “OPEN” in uneven intervals, casting a sickly glow across his bare, unshaven jaw. The bottle of cheap whiskey lay tipped on the nightstand, a thin amber river seeping into the wood.

Sixteen years. That’s how long it had been since his life unraveled. He’d once had a perfect family at least he thought so. A wife whose smile steadied him, two beautiful girls who giggled like chimes in the wind. And Maria. God, Maria Rivera. His eldest. A voice like sunlight breaking over a dark valley, a girl whose song could wake the dead. He’d seen the future in her: concert halls, record deals, stages where her voice would rise and rise.

And then came the boy. Young, reckless, hungry. Miguel had said no, had said she’s too young, she got her whole life ahead of her. But Mar
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