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Ethan’s POVFor the first time in weeks, I did not want to think.That feeling alone was strange.The past few days had been filled with secrets, investigations, missing reports, hidden family members, and enough emotional damage to last a lifetime.I was exhausted.Everyone was.The meeting had eventually ended after hours of talking, planning, and arguing.James had taken the evidence.Sarah had promised to continue searching through old records.Maya had somehow stolen three boxes of cookies.Nobody knew how.Nobody asked.Now the bookstore was closed.The lights were dim.And somehow, despite everything happening around us, nobody seemed eager to leave.Bella was sitting on top of one of the display tables with her legs crossed while Maya talked about a customer who had accidentally knocked over an entire shelf earlier.“It sounded like an earthquake.”“It was three books,” Bella said.“It was emotional damage.”“It was three books.”“It was the loudest three books in history.”Sa
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Bella’s POVNobody said a word after the phone call ended.The silence that settled over the room felt heavy and uncomfortable, like a storm cloud hanging directly above our heads. Everyone was staring at Sarah, and I could practically feel the tension pressing against my skin.Sarah looked completely horrified.Her eyes widened as she looked around the room, noticing the suspicious looks she was receiving.“What?” she asked, her voice shaking slightly. “Why is everyone looking at me like that?”Nobody answered immediately because, honestly, nobody knew what to say.Ethan’s father had been careful with his words. He had not accused anyone directly. He had simply planted a seed of doubt and then disappeared.That was what made it so dangerous.Now everyone was questioning everyone.Sarah suddenly pushed her chair back and stood.“You cannot seriously think it was me.”Her voice cracked halfway through the sentence.The tears gathering in her eyes immediately twisted something inside my
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Bella’s POVThe room fell into a heavy silence after Ethan’s father ended the call.For several seconds, nobody moved.Nobody spoke.The only sound was the faint hum of the bookstore outside the meeting room and the rapid beating of my own heart inside my chest.I stared at the phone sitting on the table as if it might suddenly ring again.As if Ethan’s father might call back and tell us this was all some horrible misunderstanding.But deep down, I already knew that was impossible.Nothing about this situation was a misunderstanding anymore.The lies were real.The secrets were real.The pain was real.And somehow every answer we uncovered only seemed to create ten more questions.Slowly, I looked around the room.James looked tense.Maya looked confused for once in her life.Sarah looked terrified.And Ethan…Ethan looked completely shattered.He was staring at the table, but I could tell he wasn’t really seeing it.His mind was somewhere else.Probably replaying every conversation h
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Bella’s POVNobody spoke after James’s announcement.The room had gone completely silent.Not normal silence.The terrifying kind.The kind that made your stomach hurt before anything bad had actually happened.I stared at James.Then at Ethan.Then back at James.“How?”My voice came out quieter than I intended.James rubbed his forehead.“He contacted one of the people we’ve been questioning.”My stomach dropped.“What?”The investigator nodded.“We don’t know exactly how much he knows yet.”“That’s not reassuring.”Maya’s voice immediately broke through the tension.Nobody even looked surprised anymore.At this point Maya could probably walk into a funeral and start an argument with a ghost.James sighed.“I know.”Maya pointed at him.“No. I don’t think you do.”Sarah looked exhausted.Honestly, all of us did.The last few hours had felt like an emotional train wreck.Every answer had created three new questions.Every revelation somehow managed to be worse than the one before it.
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Ethan’s POV“No.”The word left my mouth immediately.Sharp.Instant.Certain.Because there was absolutely no way what Sarah had just said could be true.None.I stared at her across the table while my heart pounded violently against my ribs.“That’s impossible.”Sarah looked like she wanted to disappear.“I thought so too.”“No.”I shook my head.Hard.“You’re wrong.”Nobody spoke.Nobody interrupted.The room felt suffocating.Victoria was my half-sister?No.Absolutely not.My father was a lot of things.Cold.Controlling.Manipulative.But this?This was insane.James slowly slid another folder across the table.“Ethan.”I didn’t even look at it.“No.”“Ethan.”“I said no.”My voice came out louder this time.The sound bounced off the walls.Bella flinched slightly.The guilt hit me immediately.I looked away.Because she didn’t deserve that.None of this was her fault.None of it.James sighed.Then opened the folder himself.Inside were documents.Birth certificates.Hospital r
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Bella’s POVA horrible feeling settled deep inside my chest as I watched Sarah from across the table.Something was wrong.I could see it in the way her hands trembled against the wooden surface. I could see it in the way she kept avoiding everyone’s eyes. Most of all, I could see it in the guilt written all over her face.The room had become painfully quiet.Nobody spoke.Nobody moved.It felt as though all four of us were holding our breath, waiting for whatever bombshell Sarah was about to drop.James noticed it too.His eyes narrowed slightly as he leaned forward in his chair.“Sarah.”His voice was calm, but there was an unmistakable warning hidden beneath it.Sarah immediately froze.The color drained from her face.My stomach tightened.Because I knew that look.I had seen it before.It was the look people got when they were carrying a secret that had become too heavy to hold.The look people got when they knew the truth was about to hurt someone.And judging by the fear in Sar
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Bella’s POVI didn’t sleep.Not really.I spent the entire night tossing and turning in bed while memories I had spent months trying to bury clawed their way back to the surface one by one.Every time I closed my eyes, I saw Ethan.Standing outside that bathroom.Looking at me like his entire world
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Ethan’s POVThe drive home was quiet in a way that felt almost wrong, like the world had turned its volume down just so I could sit alone with my thoughts, and every single one of them still somehow led back to Bella.The city lights blurred past the window in long streaks of gold and white, but I
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Ethan’s POV“I know that too.”The words left my mouth, but they sounded empty even to me.Like they didn’t belong in the air between us.Like they weren’t enough to hold the weight of everything that had already broken.Because what was I supposed to say after that?What kind of apology could fix
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Bella POVI didn’t realize how fragile peace was until it got interrupted at a restaurant table.For a few hours, I had actually forgotten how to be afraid.That alone should’ve been suspicious.Noah was sitting across from me, rolling a fry between his fingers like he was thinking about something
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