Chapter 24 The Buried Secret

• Isabel was still staring at the phone screen with wide eyes, her body trembling violently. "Why—why is Father in that photo? Whose photo is this really?"
• The atmosphere in the family room felt so heavy, as though the air itself were holding its breath waiting for the answer about to be spoken. Rania stood silently in the corner of the room, not daring to intrude on such a personal moment between father and daughter, though her own heart pounded waiting for the truth that seemed about to be revealed.
• Aleksander closed the phone slowly, his face filled with a sadness so deep it made Rania's own chest tighten watching him. He turned to the head butler standing not far from them. "Take Ethan to his room. Let him sleep there tonight."