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Chapter 13: I Know Who You Are

Ruby shut the bedroom door behind her, pressing her back against it as she exhaled slowly. The tension in her shoulders refused to ease, no matter how much she tried to convince herself that she had handled the situation well.

Her mind replayed the conversation with Stefan over and over, searching for any cracks in her story. Had she said too much? Had she convinced him, or had she only fueled his suspicions further?

"Can someone really change that much?"

His words echoed in her head, sending a fresh wave of unease through her. Stefan wasn’t the type to accept things at face value. Even without his sight, he noticed the smallest details, his intuition seemed to be razor-sharp. Perhaps that was why he had asked Ivy so they could postpone their wedding?

She had tried to justify her changed behavior by tying it to his blindness, and for now, it seemed like he was holding back. But for how long? How many more slip-ups before he stopped questioning and started digging? fr\eewe.bn(o)v\el.c(o)m

Pushing off the door, she moved to the vanity, staring at her reflection. The face looking back at her wasn’t Ivy’s, yet she had to be Ivy in every possible way. The weight of it was suffocating.

"How long can I keep this up?"

She let out a bitter chuckle. "You have to, Ruby. You don’t have a choice."

But maybe... she didn’t have to do it alone.

Her eyes flicked toward her phone. There was one person who could help—someone who had as much to lose as she did if this plan fell apart. Stefan wouldn’t question things as much if his mother backed her up.

Her fingers hovered over the screen before she dialed the number. The phone rang twice before Elizabeth picked up.

"Ruby," Elizabeth greeted smoothly. "Why are you calling?"

got straight to the point. "It’s Stefan. He’s getting

Elizabeth sighed. "I expected this, but I was hoping it wouldn’t happen so soon. What exactly did he say? What

as she explained, her voice hushed. "It’s not just what he said—it’s how he’s acting. He keeps testing me, waiting for me to slip up. I almost did today. If I make one

"I told you this wouldn’t be easy, Ruby. Stefan is smart. But that’s why we

talk to him about how I’ve ’changed’ and praise me for stepping up, he might stop being so suspicious since it’ll be coming from you. There’d be no reason to doubt his mom who he believes can see and know if I’m Ivy

him believe that your

confirmed. "If you reinforce it, he’ll be

she realized what Ruby meant and

whether that was a compliment

Elizabeth said. "But be careful, Ruby. If Stefan

hard.

But about Ivy’s friends. I’m not sure there’s anything I can do about that. You’ll

responding with

Ruby still felt

trust her? Or was she just another player

certain—if this went wrong, Ruby wouldn’t be the only one

as Ivy did and leave their mother to handle it. After all, it was her favorite daughter that left

ceiling and thinking about things to do to get

it, but the moment she saw the screen, her blood

a message from an

I know who

tightened around the phone