Chapter 328

Astrid’s POV

Mrs. Knox winked at me, and I couldn’t help smiling back. No doubt about it this woman was Audrey. My best friend was alive!

‘Don’t fall for it, Astrid,” Rachel grabbed my arm, her voice tight with concern.

“Look how she walks,” Rachel insisted, pointing. “That’s nothing like Audrey’s posture. This is all just a misunderstanding.”

I almost laughed. Rachel had no clue that what she was pointing out actually confirmed everything. After four years in a hospital bed, she hadn’t seen how cancer had ravaged Audrey’s body, shifting her center of gravity, changing her walk completely.

What Rachel saw as proof against Audrey was actually the final piece of evidence I needed. Evelyn Knox was definitely my best

friend.

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A few yards away, Blake lay stretched on a medical gurney. Despite the paramedics working on his mangled leg, his eyes stayed locked on Audrey’s retreating figure.

“Mr. Parker, we’re ready to transport you,” the doctor said, securing the last bandage. “No broken bones, but you’ll need surgery for the soft tissue damage.”

Blake barely nodded, then suddenly called out, “Astrid.”

His voice was strained with pain. “Is that woman Evelyn Knox or Audrey Sinclair?”

I raised an eyebrow. “Why ask me? What answer are you fishing for?”

“Just tell me what you think,” he said coldly.

“She’s Audrey,” I said with a smile. “Obviously I’d want my best friend to be alive.”

Blake frowned. “I’m being serious here.”

“So am I. I say she’s Audrey, but you don’t believe me anyway, so what’s the point?”

“You know her better than

you?” I cut him off. “We’re just friends. You were her

than I would?”

Blake’s eyes

Did I hit a nerve?” I laughed without humor. “Sorry, I forgot – you weren’t much of a husband. You

you meet her doppelgänger and can’t figure out if it’s her. You had to drag me here to confirm it by giving away her cat. Real smooth,

grabbed my arm again. “You know Blake and Audrey had their

never meant to hurt her,” she continued. “And look how much he’s suffered since

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Blake’s had doubts from the start. But there are real inconsistencies with

if she is and just won’t admit it because of the past… we want to make

what you wanted. I said she’s Audrey, and she confirmed it herself. You’re the ones

Blake’s bloody leg. “You wanted to atone for what you did? Consider that wound your penance. You’re even now. Stop

turned and headed after Audrey

Audrey’s POV

the car when I heard

“Mr. Knox! Mrs. Knox!”

hurrying toward us, the hem of her red dress caked with

me at the sight

stopped a few

confused

think that name suits you better,” she said with a slight

comes with it.”

or cry. “That’s

overlooked your harassment about the cat because you’re Evelyn’s friend. But suggesting my wife find another husband? That

my hand and pulled me toward the car.

and turned to

hands in his pockets, face

to head back to the hotel. No one spoke

Astrid finally broke the silence. “Is it

said. “Between Dr. Clarke’s experimental treatment and my own determination, I

Astrid’s

took a deep breath. “I have a twin sister I never

to discover my identical twin had been brain- dead. Astrid listened, her expression shifting

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science fiction,” she finally said. “A brain

Adrian interjected flatly. “But the fact

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