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

felt like the trail had suddenly gone

his phone. It turned out that during this time, he had someone investigate

was incredibly detailed—it even listed

from a small rural town who worked hard in school and made it to college, supported

a world he'd never seen before and was dazzled by the wealth around him. He started

was when he set his sights on

"risking his life to save her" story?

no heroic

act by him and

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

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

feel superior—something he didn't experience with Ellie. He created the illusion that Mollie was

day, living off Ellie's money

never noticed—until

past

was really going

Erin and asked, "How did the South family make him

family is behind 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

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