In an instant, tears streamed down Evadne's cheeks-hot, joyful drops rolling freely, overflowing with relief and happiness.

She knew it. She just knew!

The very first time she saw Hans, she had recognized him-he was Hubery. Even when he'd been so distant and cold, shutting her out, that deep sense of familiarity and kinship had never wavered. She couldn't have been wrong.

"Mrs. Abernathy... Are you are you alright?" Alva fumbled for a handkerchief, anxiously dabbing at Evadne's tears.

Struggling to steady her racing heart, Evadne's voice came out low and husky. "Aaron, have you told anyone else about this?"

Aaron, who'd spent years as a detective, was perfectly composed. "This is no small matter. I've only told you-neither Dad nor my mother knows."

sharp, her nerves stretched taut as piano wire. "If word gets out, we

his tone grave. "Don't worry, I thought of that too. When I get home, I won't tell Mom. If

pressed urgently, "But if Hubery's alive, who saved him after he fell into the sea? What happened to him? And why has he changed

his memory completely-he doesn't remember any of us." Evadne couldn't erase the image of that terrible scar on Hubery's body; her heart twisted painfully. "I saw his wounds. There's no way he could have survived on his own. Someone

cold, ruthless person? When I faced him, it was like fighting a machine-someone who kills

watched Evadne with

closed her eyes tight, forcing herself to focus. Every time Hubery appeared, it was tied to one of Avery's schemes. But Avery was dead now, yet Hubery kept coming back, working against her That could only mean one thing-

had been controlling Avery was


had turned Hubery

open,

"What did you

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