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doubt? Confusion? It vanished too quickly to identify.

He nodded slightly to Maxwell Chen, who stepped forward immediately.

Maxwell took over from Victoria, roughly pinning Derek to the ground. His foot pressed deliberately into the man's ribs - the same ribs Ethan had broken moments earlier.

"Talk!" Maxwell commanded, applying more pressure.

"Ah! Ugh!" Derek's scream was cut short as Maxwell stuffed a nearby towel into his mouth, muffling his cries of agony.

I watched the man's body tremble, the madness that had animated his features earlier fading rapidly. He'd clearly been putting on an act, and now the mask was slipping.

The pain was evidently too intense. His eyes bulged as he struggled to breathe around the gag.

“Ugh... I talk... I talk..." he stammered when Maxwell finally removed the towel,

Maxwell eased the pressure from his foot slightly, allowing Derek to catch his breath. The man convulsed in pain, his hand shaking as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a phone.

"...I don't know who it was," he gasped, his voice ragged. "They contacted me through an old social media

account."

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heart began to pound uncomfortably in my chest. Something about this felt wrong deeply,

Wrong

calls, voice changer, Derek continued, wincing as he shifted position. "I couldn't even tell if they were male or female. They told me

They

I was stunned by the amount. Who

and Emma?

insisted, his voice breaking. "But I really wanted my family to have an easier life

fingers unlocked the phone and opened a social media application. Maxwell snatched the

screen. His

closer look, Victoria lunged forward and grabbed the phone from his hands. She spun toward me, her face contorted with vindictive

she demanded, thrusting the screen in my face. "Now the evidence

screen-my own social media account. My profile

rendered me momentarily speechless. This wasn't possible. I hadn't used that account in

wanted to vent your anger, you actually wanted

had to be that. But arguing that point now, with Ethan's fury practically radiating heat in the room,

composure. "Conclusive? Victoria, if you want to convict me, let

expected. She glanced nervously at Ethan, perhaps worried that my

each word carefully chosen to provoke Ethan. "How can you be so brazen? is it because Matriarch Evelyn is

fresh tears as she turned to Ethan, her expression a

kind to me once, before. her memory became fixed in the past. Could Victoria be right? Was I unconsciously counting

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protection?