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The Pain They Laughed At

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last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-02-05 23:00:06

Erika had not slept.

The chair in the police station waiting area was hard and smelled of disinfectant, and every time the door opened her heart jumped—only to fall again when another stranger walked out instead of an officer calling her name.

She rose and approached the desk for the fourth time that morning.

“Any update?” she asked, trying to keep her voice steady. “About the missing girl. Lidia.”

The officer barely looked up from his file. “We’ll call you if we find something.”

“That’s what y
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