Darien looked stunned when he heard that.

He glanced at Keira, confused, and asked, "Nine fifty-five? I don't really get what you mean…"

Keira immediately pressed, "I'm asking why you called her to come out at exactly 9:55!"

Darien seemed even more confused. "Did I? I didn't even notice."

He pulled out his phone, checked his call log, and sure enough—it showed he had made the call at 9:55.

Looking baffled, he muttered, "I just called randomly. I had no idea what time it was."

His expression was sincere, not like someone trying to lie.

Still, Keira glanced over at Erin, just to be sure.

"What are you looking at me for?" Erin asked, raising an eyebrow.

Keira replied, "Check if he's been hypnotized."

"Oh," Erin said, stepping closer to check Darien's pupils. After a quick look, she shook her head. "Nope, nothing."

"Then what's going

trail had suddenly gone

Lewis entered the room and handed Keira his phone. It turned out that during this time, he

was incredibly detailed—it even

ordinary person, a kid from a small rural town who worked hard in school and made it to college, supported by his

he'd never seen before and was dazzled by the wealth around him. He started dating rich girls

was when he set his sights on

life to save

been no heroic effort at

was a carefully staged act

investigation even uncovered conversations between Darien and his buddies, detailing how he had gradually manipulated Ellie, pushing her

realized how forgiving she was, he began living it up, meeting Mollie Francis

made Darien feel superior—something he didn't experience with Ellie. He

living off Ellie's money while enjoying a

Ellie never noticed—until the

nothing in his past

really going

the South family make him call

this. But have you ever considered the possibility that Ellie'd been hypnotized to follow Darien's lead? Maybe this is someone targeting the Cobb family—someone out to destroy them—and it has nothing to do with the South family. Maybe the real enemy is just toying with Ellie and planning to kill her… and it just so happened that the timing fit with what the South

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