Chapter 132 —Proof of Life

Narrator:

The afternoon slowly fell over the mansion. The garden was silent, the greenhouse empty, and on the wrought-iron bench under the old jasmine tree, Sasha waited.

She didn't move or speak. She just stared at the lawn, her arms crossed and her lips pressed tightly together. Roman arrived unannounced, without questions and without beating around the bush.

“Were you looking for me?”

“Yes.”

He approached, but did not sit down. He waited. Sasha looked at him with steady eyes, although her voice trembled at first.

"I want us to talk. You already told me that Juliet is actually Miranda and that she is my mother. It's no longer a secret. Not for me, not for Aylin, not for anyone.

Roman nodded slowly.

“Okay, tell me what you want to know.”

“I need you to tell me the truth, Dad. But not half-truths, not blurred truths, I want to know everything, no matter how cruel it may be.” From before I was born. No embellishments, no sweet talk. I'm not a little girl anymo