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Chapter 140

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**Unraveling the Past**

Isabelle’s fingers trembled as she clutched the letter, the words blurring before her eyes.

"You were never supposed to be born."

The weight of the sentence pressed against her chest, making it difficult to breathe. She felt Michael’s presence beside her, steady and grounding, but even he couldn’t anchor her against the storm raging inside.

“How can that be?” she whispered, her voice barely audible.

Michael gently took the papers from her hands, scanning them with furrowed brows. “This… this doesn’t make sense.”

Eric stepped into the room, his gaze flicking between them and the letter. “What does it say?”

Isabelle swallowed hard before continuing, her voice wavering.

"They wanted to erase me. To erase you. I thought I had hidden you well enough, but the past has a way of catching up. If you're reading this, Isabelle, it means I failed to keep you safe."

The room seemed to shrink around her.

Michael exhaled sharply, setting the papers down. “Who is ‘they’?”

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