Mary let out a scream, collapsing against the wall. Startled, Zuko wanted to go and help her, but she kept avoiding him, trembling in fear.

“I-I’m sorry!” she stuttered, apologizing, “I didn’t mean to! I promise I won’t say it again, never again!”

Zuko furrowed his brows, sensing that Mary knew something more. He slowly crouched down, his gaze turning icy, and spoke each word deliberately. “Mrs. Nash, are you hiding something from me?”

“Huh?”

“Did you and my mother-in-law have another argument about Lina’s birth?” Zuko asked, his intuition guiding him.

Mary’s face turned pale as she lowered her head, unable to meet his gaze.

Zuko continued, his eyes narrowing. “If I’m not mistaken, you met my mother-in-law and mocked the fact that Lina was adopted, which led to the fight between you two.”

After a moment, Mary timidly nodded.

Zuko’s expression grew stern. “Why did you say that?”

a selfish motive. I wanted to introduce my daughter to you and didn’t want the Jenners to benefit…

true! You know, Lina’s birth

darkened. He felt like he was navigating a maze, getting closer to the exit. Mary’s words only accelerated his

my husband. He got drunk and revealed a lot… He said that the ship they were on, the Latitude, sank on their way back, but they managed to take Lina off the ship midway, escaping the

absolutely true! Jesse spoke the

impassive, his silence

from the floor, calling out “Zeke” tentatively. When she received no response, she quickly fled

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humid, with an impending sense of a coming storm. The weather forecast warned of an approaching

remembered the day when Pammy went missing—it was also a

accident in nearly 20 years—the sinking of

on that

closed his eyes and let out a

“Hello,

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