Rebecca watched Daniel make the phone call. "Daniel, maybe we should just let it go. You can't turn your back on your own father for me."

Daniel slipped his arm around her. "Don't worry, Rebecca. My dad's a reasonable man. I'm sure once he meets you, he'll like you just as much as I do."

Who could possibly dislike a kind girl like Rebecca?

"Really?" Rebecca blushed, a little shy.

"Really!"

***

Meanwhile, in the Christensen family's game room, Anthea and Sherman were locked in a tense chess match.

Neither gave an inch, each move calculated, the pieces clicking softly on the board.

Anthea raised her brow. "I've never met anyone who could actually challenge me before. You're only the second." Most games, she barely had to think.

But with Sherman—and that infuriating stranger from online-it was different.

Both of them were masters, the kind who demanded your full attention. The tiniest distraction, and you'd be left with a board in ruins.

Sherman paused, rolling a chess piece between his fingers. "So who was the first?"

Anthea set a piece on the board, her fingertips lingering. "Someone you wouldn't know."

Why couldn't he ever know these people?

That strange sense of familiarity crept over him again. It was uncomfortable-like

pressure trapped

"I think you and that person would be

grunted in

phone buzzed. He answered, listened, and his

a moment, he ended the call, his

Anthea asked, curiosity

said, "Daniel's

been properly fooled by Rebecca. Can't wait

"Can't fix stupid."

shifted. "I think there's something fishy about Sandra's death. Maybe... it

piece, his

Sandra died, didn't Rebecca get Daniel totell your family that her mom had passed her dad's still in

nodded, thinking back.

why

death" Anthea leaned in. "When I went to the fun

eralhome found

-

died. But Sandra wasn't the type to kill herself. So why

out your family wasn't bankrupt,

el.not

Daly and Sandra for

were quiet but unshakable, sinking deep

rubbed the chess piece between his

king. "Want to find out if Rebecca really had a hand in

"You have a

smoothly. "Bring Daniel

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