He knew she was hiding pills to commit suicide, but he pretended not to notice and watched her grow weaker every day.

And then he waited for her to kill herself in agony.

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ed on his way there, arriving just in time to witness his mother catch her last breath.

He was the one who showed Deborah the self–inflicted wounds.

The real Joshua would have hidden his injuries.

But he showed them to Deborah, pushing her to the brink. His calculated actions and feigned exhaustion only added to the pressure on Deborah.

In the end, it led her to take her own life for his sake.

He drove Deborah to her death, all to gain Isabelle’s sympathy more quickly and completely.

He indirectly caused the death of that unfortunate woman.

A woman whose life was filled with suffering was killed by the son she had waited for over a decade to

reunite with.

His face turned icy cold and pallid in the dimly lit living room. The impostor glared at Isabelle and said, “I don’t believe you.”

Suddenly, a sharp pain twisted in his stomach, shattering his cold façade.

Black blood started to trickle from the corner of his mouth. The fake Joshua clutched his abdomen, looking at Isabelle in disbelief.

He then remembered Isabelle had eaten so much and should have shown symptoms of the poison by now, yet she was fine.

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realised his mistake. In an attempt to keep everything looking

of the poisoned utensils.

Isabelle switched

he had consumed

the mood to mock him.

a bargaining chip. Thus, she had been careful not to alert him

Storm Shadow’s brother. For Dark Shadow, keeping a hostage was

organisation’s most vile tactic was driving people

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He Fled

Finished

had killed

like this man, the operatives would use every trick and method to kill their own family. Some even spent a

midst of their laughter and joy, they killed

completed their missions and couldn’t accept the truth. They left Dark Shadow, only to be hunted

plotted revenge against Dark Shadow, with predictable

as if nothing had happened. These were Dark

preferred

He clutched his

he turned and

didn’t chase after

staring at the open door, her face

telling Deborah that she had paid for her treatment. Perhaps things

could save herself, others wouldn’t give

the hands of her own son. Watching the tragedy unfold,

in through the open door. Isabelle stood in the empty hall, her emotions swirling and

mood at its lowest.

ran upstairs, grabbing her needle kit before rushing out

“Joshua!”

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