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Chapter 89 - Sarah's Reply 

Penulis: Tabitha
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The night blanketed the estate in layers of velvet silence. A pale moon hung outside Ayra's window, casting elongated silver streaks across the wooden floor.

The darkness held its breath, punctuated only by the ticking of the grandfather clock down the hall and the occasional hoot of an owl beyond the gardens. Everyone else had gone to sleep, or so she hoped.

Ayra sat cross-legged in the walk-in closet of her bedroom, her body tucked between shelves of old gowns and shoeboxes.

She clutched the stolen phone—Rose's phone—against her chest like it was made of glass and secrets. Its black screen mirrored her anxious face until a faint buzz lit it up with a single notification.

She nearly dropped it.

With trembling fingers, she swiped it open and tapped on the message. It was from Sarah.

**Sarah:** *"Hey. Got something. Pedro’s not in any hospitals, not on any flights, no police record. Looks like nothing bad happened to him. But people say he vanished. No one’s seen him in two days. Even
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