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Chapter 111- A Promise That Must Not Break

last update publish date: 2026-05-01 22:49:53

(Daniel’s POV )

The files stayed open in front of me, but I had stopped reading them.

Every detail was already familiar. Every statement, every photograph, every timeline had been studied until there was nothing left to question. What remained wasn’t uncertainty—it was weight. The kind that settles in your chest when you know the truth is close, but not yet exposed.

I stood by the table, my eyes resting on the faces that had come to define this case.

Lucas.

Benson.

Two men who had hidden behin
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