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“Who is my real father…?”
The agonizing question echoed relentlessly in Brandon’s mind, spinning into a void of unanswered silence.
The very next morning, Brandon bade farewell to his father and stepmother, abruptly abandoning his original plan to stay for a week.
The crushing revelation of his true identity had shattered his world, plunging his spirit into the absolute darkest depths. Yet, despite the bitterness gnawing at his heart, Brandon fought to maintain his composure. He respectfully took the old man’s hand, as well as Winah’s—his young stepmother, who was merely three years his senior.
From that fateful day to this very moment, Brandon never set foot in Bahar’s home again. Though he occasionally wired money to settle the remaining debts left behind by his late mother, he kept his distance—leaving his past, and the truth of his bloodline, buried in the shadows.
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