Chapter 9
Upon learning this news, my aunt concealed the tragic truth.[]
To naturally become my mother and provide me with a home, fulfilling the dying wish my mom had sent her, my aunt impersonated my mom, officially replacing her.]
My dad had seen this final message too, but couldn’t tell me the truth before succumbing to the poison, desperately writing his final diary entry.
So when the shadow monster returned four years later, my aunt was terrified. She feared our beautiful, comfortable life would be shattered.]
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She also feared losing
me if I discovered the truth.[]
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But eventually, the truth always comes out.
I no longer had the mind to put everything back and pretend I knew nothing.
I sat in my aunt’s room with the documents, devastated from daylight until darkness, moving from confusion to clarity.
At eight in the evening, my aunt returned home.]]
Seeing her room door open with the lights on, she panicked and rushed in.[]
When she saw the documents in my hand, she froze.]
Within seconds, her expression changed from agitation to resignation, and finally, she sighed, standing before me in helpless surrender.
“Charlotte, you know everything now?”
“Yes, I do.“[]
I nodded, with a bitter smile.
“Should I call you mom or aunt? Please tell me, I don’t know what to call you anymore!“[]
My aunt smiled too, equally bitter.[]
Fate had destined us to be mother and daughter, but a series of mistakes led us astray.
Just when things seemed to be getting back on track, nothing went as planned.[]
Dad was dead.
Mom was also dead.]
They buried their final love and stubbornness deep in the Death Valley.[]
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