Chapter 405

Langston nearly dropped his fork in shock. “1… It’s my neighbor’s sister!”

Everett placed the dishes on the table and sat down in front of him.

“Langston, it’s not good for kids to lie all the time.”

“I’m not lying.”

“You have a sister. Your mom had two kids.” Everett’s words weren’t a question. They were a statement – a statement of certainty.

But that wasn’t the point. The real issue was the panic visible in Langston’s eyes after Everett spoke.

That meant Everett had hit the nail on the head. Even if it took a little cunning to draw it out

“I’m not hungry anymore!” Langston felt like everything was laid bare before Everett, and it was better to just avoid the topic altogether. He tried to put down his fork and leave.

wrist before he could pull

dinner. Before

me! I’ll start crying, just you watch!”

ahead and cry. No one else lives near

aware because on his first day here, he’d scanned for electronic devices nearby and found very few,

some meat and veggies onto

hungry, especially after getting a taste of the

was still wary. “Then you can’t ask me any

blue, “Did your mom remarry and have another daughter

realized his slip–up too late. “I’m

I won’t ask any more

you just

make any promises before. It was you who spoke. Now I’m promising

rush these things. There would be plenty of time

a big win. He now knew he probably had not only a son but also

Dorothy hadn’t remarried, it likely wasn’t a lie. So, the sister Langston talked about could be

Twins, perhaps?

couldn’t be that he’d accidentally done

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