Gordon sighed and said, “Never mind. I’ll hire the best doctor to treat you.”

Rather than feeling love or pity for the daughter who suddenly appeared, Gordon did not know what to feel about her.

However, that did not mean he was willing to have his feelings manipulated.

He had a hunch that… something smelled fishy.

Gordon opened a door to a room. When Leah saw that, she said, “That’s Charlie’s room. He never let me go inside.”

“How does Charlie treat you?” Gordon asked as he pushed the door and went inside.

Leah was silent for a while. “… So-so, I guess.”

The truth was that Charlie Parridge had always mistreated Leah.

The man had a violent temper. Ever since his wife’s death, he numbed himself with alcohol. Whenever he got home drunk, he would beat or abuse Leah.

However, that was already in the past.

That painful episode ended with Charlie’s death.

The furnishings in Charlie’s room were simple. There was only a bed and a cabinet.

Gordon walked up next to the bed. There was a photo frame placed there.

In the frame was a family photo. A young man was carrying a little girl with twin ponytails.

Gordon picked up the photo frame to take a closer look and immediately gasped in shock.

The faces of the three people in the photo had been blanked out!

“What’s the matter with this?” Gordon frowned and asked.

Leah also frowned when she saw the photo. She shook her head and said, “I don’t know. I’ve never seen this photo before.”

heard at the door. “Oh,

They saw an

her immediately. “Why are you

house, and I guessed it’s you,” Mrs. Konigsburg said while walking

to Gordon. “This is Mrs. Konigsburg. I’ve known her since I was a child. She gave me food

He thought

“What is it?”

to Charlie

quickly in a small village, especially

face. “Nothing important as far as I can tell. Charlie did bring his

“His daughter’s personality changed?”

one in the village could stop her. After she returned from the trip, she became soft-spoken and well-mannered like a girl from a noble family. I bet she learned a lot on her trip to the big city!” Mrs.

and Leah looked at

she was twelve, and her personality changed when she returned… All that could only point to a singular truth: It was very

why did Charlie raise her under the lie that she was his daughter and tell her about what

out why. Perhaps only Charlie

dead, there

left the village, Gordon’s brows were tightly knotted. He

do now?” Leah said with a

sternly, “I’ll continue the investigation. I’ll

Leah said

might have seen

though? Could that man

die in the fire with her

“What’s wrong?”

you won’t tire

when he heard that. “I’m not tired. I want to get to

heard her phone ring as she stepped out

looked at the screen. It

rejected the

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