Darien looked stunned when he heard that.

He glanced at Keira, confused, and asked, "Nine fifty-five? I don't really get what you mean…"

Keira immediately pressed, "I'm asking why you called her to come out at exactly 9:55!"

Darien seemed even more confused. "Did I? I didn't even notice."

He pulled out his phone, checked his call log, and sure enough—it showed he had made the call at 9:55.

Looking baffled, he muttered, "I just called randomly. I had no idea what time it was."

His expression was sincere, not like someone trying to lie.

Still, Keira glanced over at Erin, just to be sure.

"What are you looking at me for?" Erin asked, raising an eyebrow.

Keira replied, "Check if he's been hypnotized."

"Oh," Erin said, stepping closer to check Darien's pupils. After a quick look, she shook her head. "Nope, nothing."

frowned. "Then

like the trail

Keira his phone. It turned out that during this time, he

was incredibly detailed—it even listed the kindergarten Darien had

a kid from a small rural town who worked hard in school and

he'd never seen before and was dazzled by

when he set

"risking his life to save

no

a carefully staged act by him and

between Darien and his buddies, detailing how he had gradually manipulated

he realized how forgiving she was, he began living it up, meeting Mollie Francis

Darien feel superior—something he didn't experience with Ellie. He created

past few years, Darien hadn't worked a day, living off

noticed—until the

in his past that indicated anything strange

what was really going on

turned to Erin and asked, "How did the

ever considered the possibility that Ellie'd been hypnotized to follow Darien's lead? Maybe this is someone targeting the Cobb family—someone out to destroy them—and it has nothing to do with the South family. Maybe the real enemy is just toying with Ellie and planning to kill her… and it just so happened that the

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