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."

"Then what's

the trail had

then, Lewis entered the room and handed Keira his phone. It turned out that during

report was incredibly detailed—it even

small rural

to college, he was exposed to a world he'd never seen before and

was when he set his sights

his life to save her" story? All

been no

a carefully staged act by him and

and his buddies, detailing how he had gradually

began living it up,

mistook him for a rich heir, constantly trying to impress him, which made Darien feel superior—something he didn't experience with Ellie. He created the illusion that Mollie was

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

never noticed—until the

past

what was really going

turned to Erin and asked, "How did the South family make him call

this. But have you 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

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