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

like the trail had

room and handed Keira his phone. It turned out that during

detailed—it even listed

Darien seemed like an ordinary person, a kid from a small rural town who

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

was when he set

life to save

no heroic effort at

act by

buddies, detailing how he had gradually

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

made Darien feel superior—something he didn't experience with Ellie. He created the illusion that

Darien hadn't worked a day, living off Ellie's money while enjoying a lavish lifestyle

noticed—until the car

was nothing in his past

was really

Erin and asked, "How did the South

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

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