Chapter 1110

There were tons of photos of Linda on the school field. In a lot of them, Chloe could spot herself somewhere in the background.

The more Chloe scrolled, the weirder she felt. She kept going, and suddenly came across a picture of Linda and Shawn together. Linda looked annoyed, almost like she'd rather be anywhere else, but it didn't really seem like anyone was forcing her. Meanwhile, Shawn-with that scar across his face was standing right next to her, grinning like an idiot.

Chloe just couldn't wrap her head around it. Something wasn't adding up. She started digging through their chat history, and what she found completely floored

her.

Shawn wasn't just close to Linda-he was pretty much at her beck and call. Linda talked to him like she was in charge, always commanding, never asking. Sometimes she'd even call him "Shawny," bossing him around like he was her pet or something. Chloe realized Linda knew exactly how to keep him hanging on. Curious and more than a little unsettled, Chloe scrolled even further back. She finally stumbled onto some old messages, and the truth started to unravel.

Everything Shawn had done-every awful thing was because Linda told him to. Even that time he'd threatened Chloe with a knife, it was all an act, just to make Chloe feel sorry for Linda, to set Linda up as the victim needing rescue.

And then there was the night Chloe thought Shawn had assaulted her. She found hints about that too.

and the equipment for my

private suite. Cost me

Shawny, I need you to help me film a short video- one more

first time I've helped you out. I'll do whatever you want, even if it

Chloe's hands were shaking.

That night-she hadn't been

retrieval surgery. It was all a setup, a scheme cooked up by Linda@nd Shawn. The "video" Linda had shown her? It was just a fake, staged to make it look like Shawn was guilty, to clear Linda's

Shawn

years later, Chloe was stunned, cold shock spreading through her chest. Linda's manipulations, her cold, calculated

wasn't the end of

video-a voice recording, his last message before he died. She'd

recording

After everything I've done for you, now you want

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