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I seemed not to have heard him and continued, "It's not just that she doesn't like me. You probably dislike me quite a bit too, right? But I know you're my biological father. Why would a father dislike his own child? Is it because of some enmity between my mother and you...?"

"Enough!" Mr. Shaw cut me off sharply, his face reddening. "You've been back in Jelaston for two years, and you've become just as unruly and aggressive as you were when you were younger?"

"Oh." I received the answer I wanted. "It seems my birth mother is indeed someone else."

This was what the psychologist in Frankes had told me.

The more people try to deflect or get agitated when you ask something, the more it indicated there was

an issue.

What I initially suspected was now a certainty.

Mr. Shaw, who was usually quite elegant, looked at me with a hint of disgust. "Get lost!"

"Alright." I smiled slightly and turned swiftly before he could lose his temper further.

called out to me.

I turned back. "Yes."

she mention anything about

Did Grandma make a will?" I feigned ignorance in my

relief, then asked, "What about

she discuss asset

casually added, "After all, no one knows what's in the will. Only while Grandma is alive do we all have a chance

takeout, waiting for me to join her for a late-night

sat on the balcony. After I recounted the events of the afternoon, she took a sip of wine and pondered, "But if it is Frank, why would he say

"Still unknown."

sip, letting the ice-cold, slightly bitter liquid roll down my throat and into my stomach, cooling the summer night's heat. Jane suddenly frowned. "Could it be that he's suffering from

to see Grandma, and

where he

this is some drama series?" I tossed some food onto her plate. "I

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a wheelchair now. How could he be

made me a bit

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