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Chapter 29

Penulis: Kris Monroe
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-09-07 11:54:46

No one spoke.

The photograph lay on the table like a ticking bomb.

Antonio Conti.

Alive.

After twenty-eight years of whispers, theories, and grief...

He had a face again.

A tired face.

A wounded face.

But unmistakably alive.

Alessia reached for the photograph with trembling fingers.

She traced the outline of her father's face.

"I thought..."

Her voice cracked.

"I thought I'd forgotten what he looked like."

Tears blurred her vision.

"I only remembered fragments."

"The way he smiled."

"The way he
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