Unfortunately, my heart no longer stirred for Tony. I turned him down, packed my bags, and left for a foreign land to continue my studies.In the seven years that followed, I traveled through countless cities, met people from all over the world, listened to their stories of pain and happiness, and found pieces of myself in each of them. My heart had never felt so light, so free. I felt like the wind—untethered, drifting across the face of the earth.When my studies came to an end, I joined Doctors Without Borders.Around that same time, Tony discovered that I had withdrawn from the election, while Elma stood on the brink of winning. In front of the family council, he played the recording of her conversation with Nico.In an instant, Elma fell from her pedestal. Stripped of her protection, she was banished from the family. To Nico, who once saw her as an asset, she became worthless. He cast her aside, leaving her to rot in the city slums.But none of that had anything to do wit
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