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

the trail had suddenly

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

report was incredibly detailed—it even listed the kindergarten

an ordinary person, a kid from a small rural town

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

set

life to save her"

been no heroic

carefully staged act by him

detailing how

realized how forgiving she was, he began living

feel superior—something he didn't experience with Ellie. He created the

day, living off Ellie's money while enjoying a

Ellie never noticed—until the car accident

nothing in his past that indicated anything strange

really

the South family make him

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

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