Years spent waiting beside windows.
Years spent begging a lake for answers.
Years believing the people I loved most had vanished forever.
But after watching that video, one thing finally changed.
I stopped waiting for Ryan to come home.
Because now, at last, I know the truth.
And maybe healing can only begin once the mystery finally ends.
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