It Always Leads Back

Every secret has a path. Every path… always leads back.

Barbie grew up with questions that no one dared to answer. A missing mother, a father who carried too much, and a destiny that seemed written long before she was born. But what happens when the past refuses to stay buried?

Some memories were locked away in albums, others in whispers carried through the halls of her childhood home. She learned to smile even when her heart was restless, and she learned to be strong because her father’s love demanded it. Her life was cut short in ways none could see, her soul bruised by promises that never kept.

Behind closed doors and whispered names, there are truths that change everything. Some call it fate. Others call it a curse. But one thing is certain—what waits in the dark will always demand to be uncovered piece by piece. And Barbie’s story was only the beginning

PART 1

Once upon a time in the modern world, there was a girl named Barbie. She lived only with her father, as her mother abandoned her when she was just a few months old. Barbie grew up seeing her mother only in family albums, but it didn’t seem to bother her because her father played both mother and father in her life.

When Barbie turned 18, she dreamed of studying law. After years of difficulty and struggle, she finally became a famous lawyer—but in the process, she also lost her father.

One day, her mother suddenly came back to claim her. Barbie kept asking herself:

"Why now, after so long? She never needed me or thought of me before—so what changed? I was just fine without her here..."

But Barbie never got her answers. Her mother sold her off to a billionaire family.

Her in-laws gave her everything she could ever ask for, but because of pride—pride that turned angels into devils—she rejected it all. They politely suggested that she see a therapist after all the trauma she had been through. Little did she know, she would fall in love with that very therapist.

Years later, after a secret affair, Barbie finally divorced her husband and moved in with her lover. But only a few months later, she was found dead under the Mandela Bridge, with some of her body parts missing.

Neither the journalists nor the police ever solved the mysterious death of Miss Barbie Waffles.

Or maybe it wasn’t because they couldn’t solve it… but because they were too lazy to dig deeper.

Or maybe , just maybe they were scared of what the truth might reveal.

In this world, curiosity often gets the better of us. It tempts us to look closer, to ask questions we’re not supposed to. But fear—fear is what stops most people from finding answers. Fear makes even the bravest turn away when the shadows whisper too loudly.

Barbie’s story was one such shadow. Those who tried to follow it never went too far. Some claimed they lost sleep, haunted by strange dreams after reading her case files. Others swore they felt watched when they walked near the Mandela Bridge, as though Barbie’s spirit lingered there, demanding justice.

So the case grew cold. The city moved on. But whispers still spread—quiet, trembling whispers—that her death wasn’t just murder.

The story doesn’t end here. Follow to see what lies ahead, and invite your friends to follow as well. Some truths are never meant to be uncovered alone haha.

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