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.

Everett grabbed Langston’s wrist before he could pull away.

finish your dinner. Before that, you’re not going

to bully me! I’ll start crying,

“Go ahead and cry. No one else lives near

day here, he’d scanned for electronic devices nearby and

veggies onto Langston’s

was actually hungry, especially after getting a taste of the food, which had

can’t ask me any

then asked out of the blue, “Did your mom remarry and have another

mom didn’t remarry! Uh… Langston realized his slip–up too

ask any more questions

you just said

promises before. It was you who spoke. Now I’m promising not to ask for

rush these things. There would be

knew he probably had not

that Dorothy hadn’t remarried, it likely wasn’t a lie. So, the sister

Twins, perhaps?

done it

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