left her completely.

She nodded.

Defeated.

“I’ll come.”

And just like that, the journey that had begun with a late-night TikTok livestream became something far bigger.

The truth had finally been uncovered.

But none of us yet understood the price that truth was about to demand.

Chapter 4: Coming Home

The flight home passed in a haze.

No one spoke very much.

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