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Machines blinked and beeped like quiet
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sentinels guarding the inevitable.
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Billionaire Jonathan Anduca lay on the
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brink of death. Tubes in his body, souls
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seemingly already gone. Doctors had
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Nurses whispered. Outside, the man who
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once ruled industries now couldn't lift
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a finger. Then a sound. Not a machine,
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not a voice from the medical team. Oh,
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it was the soft, shaky hum of a child.
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She was barefoot, her gowns stained and
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torn, hair wild like she'd walked out of
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a thunderstorm. A 10-year-old girl,
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alone, hungry, covered in market dust.
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And yet, she sang, "No music, no
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instruments, just her voice and
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something in the room shifted."
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Jonathan's finger twitched, then his
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hand. Then against every prognosis, his
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eyes slowly opened. But to understand
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that moment, you need to know who she
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was. Her name was Olivia dot once. She
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had a mother and father who loved her.
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But two years ago, that was stolen by a
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car crash so violent rescuers said no
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one should have survived, but Olivia
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did. Not a scratch. Some called her a
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miracle, others something else entirely.
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She's a witch. her aunt Monica whispered
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at the funeral, turning her back on the
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No one survives a crash like that unless
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there's something dark in her. And just
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like that, Olivia became invisible. No
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no help. She dropped out of school,
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survived by carrying loads at the
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market, sleeping under bridges, and
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stretching a few naira for rice and
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water. But she had one thing no one
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could take, her voice. Every night while
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others slept, she sang beneath the
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bridge to forget the pain, to remember
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to feel alive. Sometimes strangers wept
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when they heard her. One woman told her,
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"Your voice, it heals." And Olivia held
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on to that. She once dreamed she sang to
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a dying man and he came back to life. He
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told her, "You're more powerful than you
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think." She never forgot that dream. On
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a random Wednesday, hungry and
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desperate, Olivia wandered toward a
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hospital. Maybe someone kind would toss
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her a coin. But instead, she heard
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something else a nurse whispering to a
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doctor. They say he won't make it, the
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nurse sighed. It's like he's already
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given up. Depression, the doctor
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muttered. Losing his wife and daughter.
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He doesn't want to fight. Who is it?
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Livia asked. They looked down at her.
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What are you doing here? I came to beg,
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she said softly. But I heard what you
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said. I can help him. The nurse
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chuckled. How? I'll sing, Olivia said
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simply. If it's depression, my song can
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reach his soul. They didn't believe her.
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But something in her eyes, a quiet, calm
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confidence stopped the nurse. "It won't
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hurt to try," she said. So they let her
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down a corridor past shiny floors and
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skeptical stairs into the private ward
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of Nigeria's most reclusive billionaire
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Jonathan Unica. He had refused food,
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spoken to no one, awaiting death in
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silence. And into that silence, Livia
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stepped. She touched the metal bar of
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the hospital bed, closed her eyes, and
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sang. Dot. The room shifted. Dot. Nurses
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paused. The doctor turned. Jonathan's
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fingers moved. Then his lips parted. A
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gasp, a cough. His eyes opened. She
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didn't stop singing. And he didn't stop
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breathing by morning. The story had
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spread like wildfire. A dying
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billionaire healed by a barefoot
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orphan's voice. Some called her a
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miracle. Some didn't believe it. But
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those who were there, they saw it.
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Olivia wasn't interested in attention.
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She didn't ask for gifts. Just one
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thing. Can I sing for him again? So she
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did. Every morning and night, she held
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Jonathan's hand and filled the room with
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A warmth even money couldn't buy. And on
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the third morning, Jonathan whispered,
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"I don't know who you are, but your
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voice, it found me." Olivia smiled.
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"Someone still needs you," she said.
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"You can't leave yet."
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Jonathan hadn't cried in 2 years, but he
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cried then. Across town, whispers
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spread. "That girl from the market," she
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healed. "The billionaire."
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But one voice stood out from the noise.
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"At Monica, she showed up at the
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hospital with crocodile tears and a lace
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wrapper. I'm her only family," she
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shouted. But Olivia knew that voice. It
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haunted her dreams. She's lying,
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Olivia said softly from behind the
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curtain. She stepped out strong, clean,
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eyes full of fire. You left me, she told
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You called me a witch and now you're
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here pretending. Jonathan stepped in.
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Leave now. Security didn't wait. That
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night in a quiet hospital lounge,
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Jonathan asked, "Why did you sing for
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me?" because I saw myself in you," she
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answered. "I know what it feels like to
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want to give up." "And when?" He asked
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what she wanted most in life. "I want to
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fly," she said. "Not just sing. I want
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Jonathan didn't just smile. He wept.
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Dot. The next day, the paperwork was
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signed. Adoption confirmed. Press
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stunned. From beggar to billionaire's
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daughter. Olivia had a new name, new
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family, new wings. But fairy tales don't
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stay sweet forever. In the shadows,
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someone else was watching. Dot. Uncle
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Jonathan's estranged cousin. He watched
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the news. Andy wasn't happy. That girl
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is standing in my way, he muttered. I
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waited years for this fortune. And so a
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dark plan was born. It started small. A
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plate of jolof rice smelled strange, too
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sharp. Livia didn't eat it. The chef
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sniffed it. Tan, froze. This rice fit
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killed person. Rat poison. Dot. The maid
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who served it gone. Security footage.
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Erased. Then more. Her flight simulator
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locked. Her teddy bear ripped. Childhood
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photos soaked. Jonathan noticed. What's
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I think someone's trying to hurt me, she
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whispered. He nodded. I know and I think
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I know who. Then the worst blow dot.
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Jonathan collapsed. Coma. I see you.
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Media in chaos. And while Olivia held
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his hand, Benedict struck. He arrived at
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the mansion with lawyers claiming a
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revised will, giving him control of
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everything until Olivia turned to one.
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No one believed it, but the document
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looked real. That night, Benedict walked
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in like a king. Ordered staff around.
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Removed Olivia from family photos. This
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house needs cleansing. He laughed. Too
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much fake energy. But Olivia wasn't
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crying anymore. She was plotting. One
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night heard his voice behind closed
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doors. When he dies, it's all mine. I
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don't care what it takes. The girl goes,
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"S recorded it." And the next morning,
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dressed in white, standing tall, she
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faced him. "You're finished, Ski." He
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laughed until she hit play. His own
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words filled the mansion. Police were
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waiting. Benedict was arrested on the
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spot fraud, forgery, attempted
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poisoning. Olivia had one, but there was
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one more battle. She returned to the
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hospital. Jonathan's condition was
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critical. 48 hours left, doctor said.
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Dot. She took his hand and sang. Dot.
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Her voice stronger than ever. Cut
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through the beeping machines. You gave
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me a name when I had none. Now don't go
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where I can't follow. And then he
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blinked. His fingers moved. He
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whispered. Olivia. She cried. You came
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back to me. I never left. She whispered.
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Weeks later, headlines exploded. Miracle
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girl heals billionaire twice from orphan
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to pilot Benedict faces
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18 years for fraud at 17. Olivia became
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Nigeria's youngest licensed pilot. She
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center using music to comfort those with
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depression. She found love in Dr.
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Married, had twin boys and in the same
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mansion where pain once screamed, joy
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now danced. Jonathan never let her move
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out. "You're my daughter," he said. "And
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this is your home forever." What do you
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think? Can one voice really change a
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life? Or maybe save one if you believe
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in stories like Olivia's comment, share,
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