Guests who had spent years pretending to mourn were marched away in tears.
The aunt tried to slip out through a side door.
Sophia blocked her path.
“For six years,” she said, “you visited my grave… knowing I was alive.”
The woman collapsed, sobbing.
“I’m sorry…”
Sophia didn’t answer.
She simply turned away.
Months later, every person involved in the conspiracy was convicted.
Lena’s conviction was erased.
The government publicly apologized for stealing six years of her life.
On the day she finally walked out of prison as a free woman, hundreds of reporters waited outside.
One asked the question everyone wanted answered.
“What kept you alive after everyone believed you were a murderer?”
Lena looked at Sophia, who was waiting beside the car.
Then she smiled.
“The truth doesn’t stay buried forever.”
The sisters embraced as cameras flashed around them.
For the first time in six years…
They were finally free.
