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Amber’s frustration simmered as Mary’s pretense only fueled her anger.

“Spare me the theatrics, Mary,” Amber scoffed, her voice strained with irritation. “I know the truth. For whatever sick reason, you lied to me about Angela being my sister, but I know now that my sister’s name was Diane, and I’m certain that you had something to do with her death.”

Mary stared at Amber, a hint of surprise mingling with the amusement that danced in her eyes. She let out a sigh, a pang of resignation laced in her voice. “And who, may I ask, told you all this?” she inquired, her voice laced with skepticism.

Amber crossed her arms tightly across her chest, refusing to say anything to Mary for now. “It doesn’t matter who told me, Mary,” she responded. “What matters is that you come clean and tell me the truth. Did you have a hand in Diane’s death? Did you kill my sister?”

Mary’s amusement turned into a tired resignation as she ran a hand through her hair. She met Amber’s gaze, weariness mirrored in her eyes. “Do you really think you can get a confession out of me, Amber? You’re trying to set me up, or something?” she asked. “Diane has been dead for years, and as far as I’m concerned, that little child chose to end her own life by jumping down from a building. The poor thing.”

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Amper s temper riarea, ner пsts ciencning in ner aress. Emotions threatened to consume her, but she fought to maintain her composure. “Don’t you dare trivialize her death,” she hissed, her voice trembling with anger. “Diane was my sister, but you lied to me about someone else being my sister just to mess with me. Why didn’t you just tell me about Diane? Why lie about Angela, who has

nothing to do with me?”

Mary’s expression remained unchanged. She shrugged, an air of nonchalance wafting through her words. “For starters, Angela and Diane grew up together, so I thought it’d be fun to watch you think your sister tried to kill you,” she admitted. “I must admit, I’m surprised you found out about Diane so quickly. Now, I’m curious, Amber. Who informed you about her?”

Amber let out a long sigh before responding, her brow furrowing with curiosity.” Why are you so curious to know who told me about her? What’s it to you?” she

asked.

Mary hesitated for a moment, her eyes searching Amber’s face, before

responding. “I’m asking because… well, I have this strong feeling that your father, my dear Martin, was the one who told you,” she said. “As far as I know, Martin is the only one who could tell you about Diane. He was the only one, besides me, who knew the whole truth.”

“So my father knew about Diane too?” Amber asked, pretending to be surprised.

Mary nodded. “Yes, Amber. Martin knew about Diane. In fact, he was the one who called the authorities after she jumped off the building,” she revealed.

Amber’s heart skipped a beat, her eyes widening in disbelief at the revelation, and her mind spun as Mary’s words sank in. Her father had been present when

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that he found out about Diane’s suicide from the orphanage without ever mentioning any direct involvement.

that her father had been anywhere near Diane when she died.

right and that Martin had told Amber about Diane. She felt like she now had two options to

the gun concealed in her purse, a thought crossed her mind. She would tell Amber the truth to buy time, and after that,

What happened to my sister?”

wicked gleam in her eyes, Mary formed a crooked

to know, Amber?” Mary asked, her voice laced with a sinister tone. “Are

onto Mary’s. “Tell me, Mary. I deserve to know what happened to Diane. No

about seventeen years ago,” Mary started, her tone seething with suppressed anger. “Martin came to me out of the blue, spewing some nonsense about finding Elena’s first

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believed it was his responsibility, since she

thing in the

as Mary’s chilling confession spilled

you killed Diane because of that?”

could you?

a bitter sound that sent chills down Amber’s

tilted her head back, her eyes shining with a

malice.

reminder of the person I despised the most. And then Martin had the audacity to bring up another child of my worst enemy. I couldn’t bear the thought of having two Elenas roaming around my house, and for this reason, I had her picked up from her school, drugged her, and the rest is history.”

rage coursed through her veins. How could Mary be so heartless, so devoid of any semblance of humanity?

her?” Amber’s voice trembled with a

“I believe you’re not deaf, child. Yes, I did drug her. I even

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and they served their purpose quite effectively. The drugs caused her to be delirious, and she walked on

and easy death.”

The room seemed to spin

you admit that you were

“Child, keeping you drugged was the only way I could tolerate raising you, despite how much I despised you. You should consider yourself

life under the influence of drugs, manipulated and controlled without her knowledge, sent a wave of revulsion coursing through her. Now she finally

Amber asked, wanting a direct response for the

hardened, her expression turning predatory. “It crossed my mind, yes. But I decided against it. A decision I now regret. I should have gotten

with a mix of pain and

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