CHAPTER 17 The Memory That Refused to Stay Buried (Dual POV: Amara & Daniel) The silence after the recording ended did not feel empty. It felt crowded, as if the room had filled with ghosts from five years ago, all of them watching, waiting, demanding to be understood. Amara stood still, her mind refusing to settle, replaying Michael’s voice over and over again. Protect her. She’s the key. The words clung to her like something alive, something that refused to let go. Daniel placed the recording device slowly on the table, his movements controlled, deliberate, but the tension in his shoulders betrayed him. He wasn’t calm. He was holding himself together by force. There was a difference. “That changes everything,” he said quietly. Victor let out a breath that sounded almost like relief, but there was no comfort in it. “It confirms what I’ve been saying.” Daniel turned sharply. “It confirms that Michael was alive. It confirms there was another person. It doesn’t confirm your innoc
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