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"Don't continue what you're planning, Karina. Kapag ipinagpatuloy mo pa rin iyan, ano na lang ba ang magiging kaibahan mo sa angkan na kinamumuhian mo?"

I wiped off the tears on my face before glancing at the man beside me who barged into the mausoleum silently.

"Why do you care, Maverick? It's not like you'll be affected."

I reached for my son's frame in the wall and caressed it with my fingers.

"It's not like you experienced the kind of loss that I have experienced for you to say that."

Namulsa ang lalake at pinagmasdan ako nang matiim.

"Matalik na kaibigan ko si Cholo, Karina."

"At kamag-anak ko naman ang pinakamamahal na asawa mo."

Ibinalik ko ang larawan sa dingding at hinarap ang lalake na isa sa mga nagligtas sa akin noon.

"A metal can only be fought with a metal, Maverick. Kung ano man ang binabalak ko sa mga Asturia, labas ka na roon but I can't make a promise if the same would happen to your investment in Gastrell Global Conglomerate. I warned you already never to meddle w