O N G O I N G Kasidee Lucie Alvero is living a life that feels borrowed. In Monteverde, names carry weight, failures linger, and privacy is a myth. Whatever should have ended didn't and with no clear plan for the life she's been given, she chooses purpose instead, determined to make staying mean something. Then Dr. Octavious Buenavilla arrives. New to town and widely respected for his brilliance, the orthopedic specialist greets her not with indifference, but with unmistakable hostility, cold looks, clipped words, and a resentment that feels far too personal. She doesn't know why. All she knows is that his presence unsettles her and that no matter how carefully he keeps his distance, their paths continue to cross. In a town shaped by silence, some truths refuse to stay buried. And sometimes, the people who hate us the most are the ones who know us best even when we don't know them at all.

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