SELENA“What truth?” I asked again, my voice carrying a measured firmness, though my tone was not raised, as I fixed my eyes on hers without wavering, refusing to let my gaze drift even for a heartbeat. I watched her closely, searching for the smallest flicker that might give her away, holding her there as though my persistence alone could pry open the walls she had built around herself. It felt as if there was something heavy lodged between us, something thick and unspoken, and I imagined it cracking apart under the weight of my insistence, spilling whatever she had been hiding into the dim light between us.She didn’t answer right away, not even with a shift of her body or a twitch of her lips. Her mouth parted slightly, as if the words were about to step forward, only for her to close it again, trapping them inside. I caught the faint, almost imperceptible bob of her throat as she swallowed, her gaze flickering sideways in a quick, darting motion, like she was weighing whether spea
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