EPILOGUE The morning sun spilled across the hospital floor, but it didn't bring any warmth. Just a harsh, glaring light that exposed every ugly, unwashed truth in the room.Audrae sat propped up against the pillows, staring blankly at the small table beside her bed. On top of it sat Mama Beth’s pink phone—unlocked now, the final voice recording already played out to its devastating end at 4:00 AM. She had cried until her throat bled, until her eyes burned, until there was nothing left inside her chest except a hollow, echoing void.But as the silence of the morning stretched on, her mind didn't stay on grief. It drifted back to the rooftop. To Kenji’s eyes. To the way he had looked at her like she was the only thing anchoring him to the earth.And suddenly, a bitter, suffocating wave of realization crashed over her.Ang tanga ko.How could she have been so unbelievably, frustratingly blind? Or worse—how could she have pretended to be?For months, Kenji had been showing up. Not just o
Last Updated : 2026-09-23
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