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CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Rulenato

Author: Wise. D
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-09-10 16:26:12

The next morning, the mansion was buried in a freezing silence. The argument from the night before had seeped into the walls.

Donato sat alone at the head of the long table. His coffee had gone cold an hour ago. The newspaper sat folded beside him, untouched.

He hadn't slept a wink. He'd told himself it was work. Numbers that weren't adding up. That was the lie he'd fed himself at three in the morning when he was still staring at the ceiling.

It had nothing to do with the boy upstairs.

The boy
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