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 going

the trail

entered the room and handed Keira his phone. It turned out that

was incredibly detailed—it even listed the

ordinary person, a kid from a small rural town who worked hard

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

when he set

life to save her" story? All

no heroic effort

was a carefully staged act

even uncovered conversations between Darien and his buddies, detailing how he

she was, he began living it up, meeting Mollie

impress him, which made Darien feel superior—something he didn't experience with

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

Ellie never noticed—until the car

in his past

was really going

Erin and asked, "How did 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

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