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

felt like the trail had suddenly gone

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

report was incredibly detailed—it even listed the kindergarten

Darien seemed like an ordinary person, a kid from a small rural town who worked hard in school and made it to college, supported by his

exposed to a world he'd never seen before and was dazzled by the

he set

to save

had been no heroic

a carefully staged act by him and his

how

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

rich heir, constantly trying to impress him, which made Darien feel superior—something he didn't

few years, Darien hadn't worked a day, living off Ellie's money while

Ellie never noticed—until the car

past that indicated anything strange

was really going on

Erin and asked, "How did the South family make him call Ellie at exactly

South family is behind 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 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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