Echoes of the past
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Last published Wed, Jan 28, 2026
"Some scars are invisible-until the past comes knocking."
At just twelve, Hidayah has already learned to shoot, to survive, and to trust no one. Haunted by the voices of men who let her mother die, she hides her pain behind cold eyes and silence. But when a powerful stranger offers billions for a DNA test, the truth begins to unravel-pulling her into a web of blood ties, betrayal, and secrets she never asked to inherit.
The family she never knew she had suddenly come,knocking on the door she had closed years ago.
With brothers and cousins that are willing to go any extent to bring her back,yet her father hates anything to do with her.-
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