Chapter 77

I’m not sure how long I was out, but when I woke up, I found Colin’s hand still cushioning my head.

Rubbing my forehead, I gazed at Colin, bleary–eyed. Had he been holding up my head the whole journey?

Over three hours…

Was he genuinely challenged or just playing the fool?

“Where are we?” I murmured.

“The Langley old house,” Colin whispered back, clutching my hand as if he feared something terrible.

Those pitiful yet captivating deep eyes of his always seemed to trigger a protective instinct in others.

“Don’t worry, I’m right here,” I reassured him, patting the back of his hand, though I was pretty scared myself.

What was this place, some kind of haunted manor in the middle of nowhere? The surrounding wilderness was eerie enough, and the house itself looked downright desolate.

And with the lights on at this hour, it resembled a scene straight out of a horror flick about a haunted village.

a firm grip on Colin’s

the car.

this way,” Eric said, waiting for us at the

following Eric to meet Brendan.

was before a collection of memorial tablets, probably praying for ancestral blessings on whatever

son, Colin’s father Ethan Langley. Though Colin was born out of wedlock, he

on that tablet,

was accompanied by another for someone named Logan Langley,

they all perished in a car accident, the very heirs Brendan had painstakingly groomed to take over the

he was initially the least favored by Brendan:

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fate would have it, the promising line was cut short in that tragic accident, leaving Samuel as Brendan’s sole surviving son–an underachiever incapable of producing

major issue–how could he let the Langley lineage end with him? That’s where Colin and I came into

Langley family, our roles were clear: we were mere instruments for

his prayers, turning

take it, his eyes glued to the memorial tablet. I could tell he was filled

Brendan’s reprimand, I softly coaxed

to me, his voice hoarse. “You’re all…

froze for a moment, seeing the depth of disappointment in his eyes.

All liars?

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