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

It turned out that during

detailed—it even listed

a kid from a small rural town who worked hard in school and made it to college, supported by his

he was exposed to a world he'd never seen before and was dazzled by the wealth around him. He

he set his

his life to save

been no heroic effort at

carefully staged act by

conversations between Darien and his buddies, detailing how

was, he began living it up, meeting Mollie

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

living off Ellie's money while enjoying a lavish lifestyle with

noticed—until the car

was nothing in his past

really

and asked, "How did the South family make

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

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