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.

grabbed Langston’s wrist before

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

trying to bully me! I’ll start crying,

and cry. No one

well aware because on his first day here, he’d scanned for electronic devices nearby

piled some meat and veggies onto Langston’s plate and

after getting a taste

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

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

Uh… Langston realized his slip–up too late.

I promise I won’t ask any more questions

just said

was you who spoke. Now I’m promising not to ask for the rest of

couldn’t rush these things. There would

win. He now knew he probably had not only

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

Twins, perhaps?

it couldn’t be that he’d accidentally done

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