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Chapter 52

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"He's a Luciano…?"

At that moment, I felt helpless. Fear immediately invaded my mind, and I wasn't able to answer him immediately. He stared at me for a long minute before snapping me out of my thoughts.

"Please tell me the truth—"

"Cousin."

His eyebrows rose. "Hm?"

I looked back at him directly into the eyes. "He's a cousin."

His face loosened up before he slowly nodded his head. "Binalitaan ka ba niya kung kumusta na ang kaniyang pinsan?"

I slowly suck a part of my inner lip. My chest is pounding like crazy and I felt my hands are beginning to sweat. Napalunok na lang ako bago huminga ng malalim. "He… is dead."

Brent didn't manage to ask another question when Shan suddenly cane out of nowhere, holding three packed ice cream cones.

He didn't bring it up after, and we just continued on with life.

Three days later, umalis na naman kami. Hindi para magbakasyon, kundi para bumisita. Matagal na rin nong huli kong pagbisita sa kanila.

"Mommy…"

I turned to Shan as I placed the tote bag on
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