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Dua minggu setelah Veronica pergi, everything in the house changed dramatically.

The luxurious three-story house appeared empty. Even though Frans and his children were in the house, it still felt desolate and filled with emptiness.

Frans withdrew into his room more often, and Vanya did the same. Even the younger sibling, who used to be quite loud and never stopped talking when at home, had grown unusually quiet. There was always something they argued about, and sometimes Veronica had to step in to mediate and reconcile them, as they never got along.

Vanya smiled weakly, cursing herself for causing her mother to leave forever. To be honest, she wished she could die to join her mother. If asked, she could no longer bear to go on living. Every day, she was haunted by the memory of how her mother had caught her in the act with Gibran, leading to her mother's death. Vanya vividly remembered her mother's shock and disbelief that day. It was the reason she lost her life.

"Mama!!" Vanya shou