Watching Sophie, who had clearly pieced everything together, Colby sighed and said, "Babe, can I lie?"

"No."

Getting a firm no from Sophie, Colby pulled out his phone. The screen showed a series of calls from an unknown number from the night before. But to Sophie, this number was all too familiar. "James... really put on quite the show," Sophie said, her voice calm.

Later, at the Burke Estate....

Rick walked into Gordon's room, unable to hold back his words. "Sir, you need to step in."

"Step in for what? He brought this on himself," Gordon replied, his face expressionless. "I didn't force him."

"But if this keeps up, Colby's going to bring down the entire Aldridge family!"

Gordon rubbed his temples, feeling a headache brewing. He really shouldn't have let all these people move in.

"Go check on him."

"Yes, sir."

could see Colby sitting in the living room, expertly throwing darts at a vase worth a small

from the table, and Rick,

was gonna throw it?" Colby replied coolly, picking up

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at the mess in the living room, where

do it at your

added, "You brought this on yourself.

slipped, the apple peel breaking off suddenly. He

a mix of

then realized. "Oh, right, she must've gone to look for James. Otherwise, you wouldn't be here smashing up someone else's

the apple on the fruit platter with such force that it shattered the

bad,

headed for the stairs without a backward glance. It might have been an accident, but at

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