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After Janice's case was over, Mom and Dad sold most of the Graham family's businesses and property.Mom said those things had originally been meant for me to inherit. There was no point keeping them anymore.They used the money from the sale to build a small memorial cemetery for me at the foot of a quiet mountain.On the day my ashes were placed there, Mom wore black and carried my urn for a long, long time.She refused to let anyone else carry it. It was as if, as long as she held me in her arms, I had not truly left her.The cemetery was filled with white flowers.Mom said flowers had always been my favorite when I was little.She even remembered what I had been wearing 16 years ago, on the day I was taken away. I had been wearing a little white dress, and in my hand was a wildflower that someone had stepped on and crushed.Dad had once held me in his arms and promised that when I grew up, he would take me somewhere with a whole sea of flowers.However, after searching for
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The police took the recording back for analysis, and they quickly discovered something strange. The voices in the recording sounded almost exactly like Mom and Dad, but the people speaking those words were not actually them.Janice had used voice-changing software to imitate their voices. She had also recorded the background music from the banquet hall ahead of time.She deliberately made sure I heard those words so that I would believe the Graham family had already decided they did not want me.However, the real family dinner had never been canceled.Dad had even prepared fireworks because he planned to introduce me to everyone himself at the dinner. Mom had also asked the kitchen to prepare all the foods I had mentioned liking during our phone calls.They had only wanted to test me.However, Janice had pushed things further and further until they reached a point none of them could take back.When the police told them what they had discovered, Mom stared at Janice with tremblin
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After Janice was taken away, Mom remained where she was. She stared at my body and suddenly remembered the day I came home.I had stood in the middle of the unfamiliar living room, surrounded by maids. I was so nervous that my fingers would not stop trembling.I said, "If you don't love me, just tell me. I won't object to it—not even if you want me to leave."Back then, Janice cried and accused me of trying to make them feel guilty, and Mom believed every word she said.She did not believe me.They all thought I was putting on an act. They thought I was deliberately pretending to be sweet and obedient, waiting for them to soften.Mom finally understood now. It had not been an act. It had been the survival instinct I had developed over 16 years from fearing that I would be abandoned.The police had recovered my phone from the mountain. There was still an automatic recording saved on it.The recording began with Mom's voice."If you haven't found it, keep looking. Didn't you say
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The medical examiner carefully removed the necklace from my hand and prepared to place it in an evidence bag.However, the lead investigator suddenly frowned."Wait." He put on a pair of gloves and examined the necklace closely. "There's something unusual on it."Mom's head snapped up. "What is it?""Some kind of animal attractant."The officer's expression hardened. He immediately ordered the area sealed off."There are clear smearing marks on the surface of the necklace. The mud has diluted most of the smell, but traces of the substance are still there. We'll need to take it back for testing to identify exactly what it is."Mom's eyes slowly went blank."There weren't any wolves here before," the mountain patrol worker suddenly said. "At least, we haven't seen a pack around here in the past few years. Those wolves last night came over from the neighboring mountain."Everyone's eyes turned toward the necklace.Dad's face went deathly pale. "You mean someone used the necklace
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The police cruiser stopped at the foot of the mountain. Several officers and mountain patrol workers led them up the trail.Mom argued the entire way, "How could there possibly be wolves here? Aren't you mountain patrol? You come through here every day. How could you not have found her?""We found the pack last night and warned her with our whistles.""Any normal person would have run straight down the mountain after hearing that.""Then why didn't you go up and look for her?" Mom demanded sharply. "She was a young girl trapped up there. How could you just leave her?"The patrol worker was silent for a moment before answering quietly."Ma'am, we clearly warned her that there were wolves on the mountain. The pack came over from the neighboring mountain, and there were quite a few of them. We couldn't risk getting too close. We also found her phone and contacted the emergency number right away."Mom's footsteps suddenly stopped. She finally remembered that phone call.Last night,
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The moment the officer finished speaking, the living room fell completely silent.Mom stared at the bloodstained necklace inside the evidence bag. The color slowly drained from her face. Her lips trembled, but she could not get a single word out."Yes." Dad's voice shook as he answered first. "She's our daughter. What happened to her?"The officer did not answer right away. He simply held out the evidence bag."We found the body of a young woman in an area of Mystic Opal Hill where a pack of wolves had been spotted. This necklace was found beside her."Dad took the evidence bag, his fingers trembling violently. "No."Mom suddenly spoke, her voice sharp and desperate. "That can't be Noelle. She only went out to look for a necklace. How could she be dead? She's old enough to know how to run if she's in danger. She must have made it home on her own.""Ma'am, we found her phone at the bottom of the mountain." The mountain patrol worker standing behind the officers spoke in a low voi
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