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 going

felt like the trail had suddenly

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

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

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

when he set

his life to save

no

a carefully staged act by him and his

his buddies, detailing how he had gradually manipulated Ellie, pushing

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

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

the past few years, Darien hadn't worked a day, living off Ellie's money while enjoying a lavish lifestyle with

Ellie never noticed—until the

his past that indicated anything strange about

was really going

to Erin and asked, "How did the South family

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 timing fit with what the

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