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

felt like the trail had suddenly

phone. It turned out that during this time,

incredibly detailed—it even listed the kindergarten

what they gathered, Darien seemed like an ordinary person, a kid from a small rural town who worked hard in school and made it to college,

once he got to college, he was exposed to a world he'd never seen before and was dazzled by the wealth around him. He started dating rich girls at

he set his sights on

"risking his life to save

been no heroic

staged act by him

conversations between Darien and his buddies, detailing how he had gradually manipulated Ellie, pushing

began living it

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

living off Ellie's money while enjoying a

Ellie never noticed—until the car accident

his past that indicated anything strange

really going on

the South

rubbed her chin thoughtfully before responding, "You keep assuming the 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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