Chapter 109 Hope

• Ashlyn
• We woke up early that morning. The house was quiet, almost unnervingly so. Marco sat in silence while Fe, one of our househelpers carefully laid out our breakfast on the table, just eggs and bread, simple and ordinary. But I couldn’t bring myself to eat. My stomach already felt heavy, not from hunger, but from fear.
• Today was the day of the tests. The day that could either break me or give me a reason to hope again. My heart was restless with questions: What if it’s really impossible? What if there’s truly no chance left for us?