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

trail had suddenly gone

Keira his phone. It

was incredibly detailed—it even listed the kindergarten Darien had

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

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

when he set his sights on

"risking his life to save her"

no heroic effort

carefully staged act by him and his

and his buddies, detailing how he

began living

superior—something

day, living off Ellie's money while enjoying

noticed—until the car accident

his past that indicated

was really going on

to Erin and asked, "How did the South family

thoughtfully before responding, "You keep assuming the South 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 family. Maybe the real enemy is just toying with Ellie and planning to kill her… and it just so happened that the

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