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Samantha told Cassandra that she had seen Rachel.

Cassandra’s pupils contracted, and her eyes filled with fear. Even her voice shook. “You mean Rachel is still alive? Didn’t she disappear off the face of the earth five years ago? She’s been gone for so long. For all we know, she might already be dead.” Samantha had thought through it more carefully just moments age “Mother, think about it. If Rachel wasn’t the one who reported it, why would William suddenly get taken into the station over that five–year–old case? Right at this critical moment,

too.

“What’s going to happen to the company now that he’s gone? Who else but Rachel could have pulled this off?”

Cassandra immediately panicked too. Her earlier arrogance vanished without a trace. “T–Then what do we do?

“Rachel must know what William did with her divorce agreement back then. He even spread rumors about her running off with another man. There’s no way she’s going to let this go now.”

spiral into a panic, Samantha rolled her eyes. She stepped forward to calm her

wouldn’t have waited until now. But right now, we need to focus

already spoke to Gerald, but he said he can only go to Tyler

to deal with. If the family ever truly ran into trouble, Tyler was the only one who could

and then asked Cassandra, “Mother, do

at her, alarmed. “What are you

think the reason he hasn’t made a move is because he doesn’t want to. If he really wanted to get

that logic. “You’re right. With Tyler’s influence, it’s not like he needs time to pull some strings. If he’s hesitating, then it means he’s choosing

then she frowned again. She was

someone you can just convince with a

to try. It’s

more approving. She patted the back of Samantha’s hand. “That’s more like it. Samantha, you

then, even though Rachel couldn’t have children and was deaf–well, fake deaf–but in other ways, she still held her own. You can’t let her outshine you. I’m sure you hate how people keep comparing

a surge of fury deep inside, but she couldn’t show it in front of Cassandra. She kept

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