ARIEL POV "Yes, I asked him," Sarah told her, her voice trembling with emotion as she was able to say what happened to her. "He confessed that it was Philip, Philip who sent him to kill your mom but on the commands of Maria, a revelation so strong it had shaken me to my core," she revealed. I felt the wave of outrage and shock wash over me, my mind reeling with the implications of what she had just told me. "Philip sent him to kill your mom, the very thought is unconscionable-a heinous act that defied comprehension," I exclaimed. Sarah nodded, her eyes welling up with tears as memories of that fateful night raced back into her mind. "Yes, dear, when we were still talking, he said Maria needed to get rid of your mom, how Philip had asked him to do such an abominable act, a premeditated

