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."

frowned. "Then what's going

felt like the trail had suddenly

the room and handed Keira his phone. It turned out that during this time, he had someone investigate Darien's

even

like an ordinary person, a kid from a small rural town who worked hard in school

he got to college, he was exposed to a world he'd never seen before

was when he set his sights on

life to save her"

had been no heroic effort at

carefully staged act by him

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

was, he began living it up, meeting Mollie Francis along the

trying to impress him, which made Darien feel superior—something he

years, Darien hadn't worked a day, living off Ellie's money while enjoying a lavish lifestyle

noticed—until the car accident

past that indicated anything

was really going on

"How did the

hypnotized to follow Darien's lead? Maybe this is someone targeting the Cobb family—someone out to

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