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CHAPTER 50— THE NIGHT OF HONESTY

Author: Grace E.
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CHAPTER 50

THE NIGHT OF HONESTY

The house was unusually quiet that night. For once, there were no urgent phone calls.

No new threats. No mysterious photographs. No footsteps outside Elena's room.

Just silence, and somehow, that silence felt more unsettling than the chaos.

Elena sat on the balcony with a cup of tea between her hands, staring at the city lights. She heard the door open behind her. She didn't turn.

"I knew you'd find me here." Adrian walked out.

"How?"

"You always come here when y
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