Chapter 371



"What do you think?" Bran asked Colin.

Colin stood still, watching as Melody walked away into the distance.

I was hiding behind the door, feeling a bit jittery.

For some reason, I feared Colin wouldn't recognize me.

This sensation of being doubted, not being acknowledged, it truly unsettles me.

Scares me, even.

So, could Colin be feeling the same? When I doubted him, didn't trust him, or even misunderstood him...

Holding my hands tightly and looking down nervously, I pondered how to explain myself so Colin would believe me.

But I really forgot too much. I can't remember him, nor can I recall anything about the orphanage, just like Bran said, I'm not sharp, I'm quite dim... I always seem to cause trouble for everyone.

But I don't know what the old me was like, I even know less about my past than Melody does.

I'm terrified.

even hear what I said?" Bran frowned and asked when Colin didn't

slice of humble pie," Colin retorted

cut the sarcasm!" Bran snapped back, a

Caldwell, didn't you? Then go after her, you know where to find her," Colin said in a

Bran wasn't ready to let it go and grabbed him. "It's not that I doubt your judgment, but look at her inside, how does she resemble the Phoebe Caldwell we

precisely because

your mind," Bran said with a frown.

she openly seek us out, making such a spectacle? Especially with you, an outsider, standing right here?" Colin

guessed my..." Bran

off impatiently. "The moment she

Melody's competitive nature is

thorough job

Fake is fake.

earlier?" Bran muttered under his breath, frowning. "You make me

weren't exactly clever to

words with me?" Bran, full of youthful arrogance, insisted on engaging Colin more. "Are you planning some kind of seduction strategy

need to go smooth things over with

just a

even talking about?" Colin frowned,

out of the loop," Bran said smugly, leaning against

him, Colin went inside while I was still hiding

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