Resurrecting the Genius Within

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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In an attempt to keep everything looking

lost sight of

Isabelle switched

had only consumed a few bites; if he had consumed more, the poisoning would have

not in the mood

ordinary person like Joshua, but they might hold him as a bargaining chip. Thus, she had been careful not to alert him until she figured

hadn’t expected this impostor to be Storm Shadow’s brother. For Dark Shadow, keeping a hostage

was driving people to

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of Dark Shadow’s operatives had killed their own loved ones during missions. It

every trick and method to kill their own

their laughter and joy, they killed

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

Dark Shadow,

as if nothing had

preferred killing

Joshua’s mouth. He clutched his stomach,

turned and fled

didn’t chase after

the open door, her

that she had paid for

save herself, others wouldn’t give her

her own son. Watching the tragedy unfold,

blew in through the open door. Isabelle stood in the empty

at

and ran upstairs, grabbing her needle kit before rushing

“Joshua!”

ran in the direction Joshua had