Mary let out a scream, collapsing against the wall. Startled, Zuko wanted to go and help her, but she kept avoiding him, trembling in fear.

“I-I’m sorry!” she stuttered, apologizing, “I didn’t mean to! I promise I won’t say it again, never again!”

Zuko furrowed his brows, sensing that Mary knew something more. He slowly crouched down, his gaze turning icy, and spoke each word deliberately. “Mrs. Nash, are you hiding something from me?”

“Huh?”

“Did you and my mother-in-law have another argument about Lina’s birth?” Zuko asked, his intuition guiding him.

Mary’s face turned pale as she lowered her head, unable to meet his gaze.

Zuko continued, his eyes narrowing. “If I’m not mistaken, you met my mother-in-law and mocked the fact that Lina was adopted, which led to the fight between you two.”

After a moment, Mary timidly nodded.

Zuko’s expression grew stern. “Why did you say that?”

instantly gave in. “I had a selfish motive. I wanted to introduce my daughter to

I said is true! You know, Lina’s birth certificate

navigating a maze, getting closer to the

Jesse returned from Centrolis that year, he had a meal and drank with my husband. He got drunk and revealed a lot… He said that the ship they were

the truth while drunk, which is why

impassive, his

tentatively. When she received no

stood up slowly and walked to the

hot and humid, with an impending sense of a coming storm. The weather forecast warned of an

remembered the day when Pammy went missing—it was

in nearly 20

on that

closed his eyes and let out a

indicating a call from Toph. “Hello, bro. Have you taken

spoke, his reply was concise.

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