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CHAPTER 163: TRUST AND BETRAYAL

Author: SARAHJOY
last update Last Updated: 2024-11-26 10:45:27

The silence in the hidden room felt suffocating as Arabela, Christine, and Elise stood facing the photographs of people whose lives had once been intertwined with the shadowy history of the community center. The weight of what had been revealed pressed down on them, but it was the sudden shift in Elise’s demeanor that truly unsettled Arabela.

Elise’s eyes, once full of uncertainty and regret, now seemed clouded with something darker—something far more guarded. She was hiding something, and Arabela could feel it. The air between them crackled with the tension of unspoken words.

“You have to tell us more, Elise,” Arabela said, her voice firm but filled with a quiet urgency. “Who is this man? Why is he in all these pictures?”

Elise hesitated, casting a furtive glance at the photographs. The room, dim and shadowed, seemed to close in around them as if the past was watching them, waiting for them to make their next move.

“He’s a part of everything,” Elise finally whispered, her voi
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