Adrian’s POV The first thing I heard when I came home that morning was laughter. Not the stiff, rehearsed kind I usually heard from socialites around my grandmother, but the kind that actually made the air feel lighter. And it was coming from her room. My brows knitted together as I loosened my tie. I was supposed to be in a meeting straight after the flight, pero may narinig akong tinig na hindi ko inaasahan—soft, cheerful, and… dangerously warm. Stefanie. She was reading something aloud. My lola’s voice, weak yet animated, chimed back with replies. And then—another burst of laughter. Genuine. I froze outside the slightly open door. And there it was: a sight that lodged itself into my chest like a thorn I couldn’t ignore. Stefanie, in her nurse uniform, hair tied up but with a few strands falling loose, sitting at the edge of my grandmother’s bed. She was holding Lola’s wrist, checking her pulse, while her other hand scribbled neatly on a notepad. But what got me wasn’t the eff
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