“I remember he was only seven at the time, right? That woman must be insane. Who does something like that to a little kid? And wasn’t he still her brother back then? As far as I know, the Mortons never treated her badly.”

“Jealousy can be a terrible thing,” Alessia replied, her tone far calmer than Stella’s. “That’s why I suspect she already knew she was actually a Tate before anyone else

did.”

“But if neither family knew, how could she have found out?” Stella frowned,

confused, but she never doubted Alessia’s instincts.

“That’s exactly what I can’t figure out.”

“So what are you planning to do now?” Stella lowered her voice.

“I’m going to play along for a bit.”

A glint of mischief flickered in Stella’s eyes. Her smile turned a little wicked.

“But…”

“But what?”

“But first, I need to find out exactly what she did to Ivan.” Alessia’s brow furrowed.

to

alone won’t convince

won’t believe you?”

her as their daughter for seventeen years, and I’ve only just come back. Who

if they do believe you?” Stella sounded hesitant,

hide her awkwardness.

patted Stella’s head. “I’d

you can lay out the facts with evidence, there’s no need to waste your

close to something, you can’t see it clearly–even she hadn’t realized how attached she’d become to the Mortons. Maybe that’s why she wanted to

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or doubt in

do to help?” Stella’s gaze was

worth

helmet. “Oh, by the way, Mr. Sanders started talking about the sports

“Is ‘none‘ an option?”

“If

you for a month. Can you

mock stern face. “No, I

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