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 what's

trail had

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

was incredibly detailed—it even

small rural town who worked

before and was dazzled by the

when he set his

"risking his life to save her"

had been no heroic

staged act by him and

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

he began living it up, meeting Mollie Francis along

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

worked a day, living off Ellie's

noticed—until the

past that indicated

was really going

the South family make him call Ellie at

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

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