Miguel’s POV. He tried to hide the picture frame, but I grabbed it before he could. I stared at the image, the image of Serenity with a man I didn’t recognize and a young boy at her side, burning into my soul. It was a punch in the gut. My breath caught in my throat. I could barely breathe. “Serenity… at ikaw?” Bulong ko, parang nabingi ako sa narinig ko. Bumagsak ang mundo ko. Ang babaeng akala ko’y nawala na, ang babaeng mahal ko, nasa picture, nakangiti sa ibang lalaki. Parang nanlamig ako bigla. Ang pagmamahal ko sa kanya, ang sakit ng pagkawala niya, ang mga taon kong paghahanap sa kanya… parang isang malaking biro lang. I felt a coldness spread through me. My love for her, the ache of her absence, the years I spent searching for her… it all felt like a cruel joke. I didn’t know how to make sense of this. “That’s my wife,” he said, his voice calm and steady, but the fear in his eyes betrayed him. “Serenity is my wife. And that’s our son, Caelius.” “No,” I said, my voice sha
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