## Episode 4: The Letter in the Mirror
**Narrated by Dilara Aslan**
The music box didn't stop playing all night.
Even after I closed the lid, I could still hear the faint notes echoing through my chest. As if the song was trying to remind me of something I didn't want to remember.
Alihan's voice haunted me even more.
*"More than I'm ready to say."*
What did he mean?
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The next morning, I went to the east wing. It was the part of the house no one visited anymore. My father had locked it years ago, after my mother vanished.
But I had a copy of every key in this house. I always had.
The room smelled of old perfume and dust. My mother's vanity table was still there — the mirror cracked in one corner. I ran my fingers across the glass.
And that's when I saw it.
A letter. Hidden behind the mirror, yellowed with time.
**"To my daughter, if the truth ever finds her."**
I didn't breathe.
I opened it slowly, afraid that reading it would change everything.
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**My dearest Dilara,**
*If you are reading this, it means your father could not bury me completely. He never wanted you to know who you truly are — or what he did to separate us.*
*The boy you once saw in the garden... he is more than just a shadow from the past. He is a piece of it. Of me. Of us.*
*Love is dangerous in a house built on secrets.*
*But truth, my darling, is the most dangerous thing of all.*
**— Aylin**
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My legs gave out. I sank to the floor.
The boy in the garden.
The stranger in my house.
He wasn't just *someone*.
He was connected to *her*.
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That night, I found Alihan standing in the hallway, staring at one of my father's portraits.
"I know who you are," I said.
He didn't turn. "Then you know why I had to come."
I stepped closer. "Did you know her? My mother?"
"I met her once," he said. "She gave me a bracelet. Told me I had eyes like someone she lost."
My throat tightened. "You never told me."
"I didn't come here to hurt you, Dilara. But you deserve to know the truth."
"Then say it," I whispered.
He finally turned to face me. "You and I... we were never meant to be siblings. But someone made sure we would believe it."
The silence between us was louder than thunder.
And then he said the words that shattered everything:
**"Your mother tried to run away with me."**
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**To be continued...**