Chapter 72 - The Culprit Is Someone Close?

• "It seems like the culprit is indeed Stella’s stepfather," Dalia murmured, handing over the diary she had been gripping tightly. Her voice was filled with tension, as if just saying the words was enough to make her chest tighten.
• Elzar hesitantly took the book, as if afraid of discovering something worse than he had imagined. With slightly trembling fingers, he flipped open the first page. His eyes were immediately drawn to Stella’s handwriting—filled with emotion, the pen strokes pressed hard in some places, reflecting the owner’s fear and despair.
• He read in silence.