The Double ( or More ?) Life of The Fake Heiress

Chapter 1149

"What's got you so deep in thought? You're even frowning," Shawn asked, breaking the silence.

"Oh, it's nothing," Emmitt replied with a slight smile, glancing out towards the driveway. He casually added, "By the way, is Mom home?"

"Yeah, she's watching TV."

Emmitt nodded, slipping his hands into his pockets as he mulled things over. "Hey, Dad, do you know much about Mom's side of the family?"

Shawn looked a bit taken aback, "Why are you bringing this up now?"

Noting his father's reaction, Emmitt realized he might know something. He pulled out a business card. "Someone from the Cunningham family visited me this morning."

Shawn's eyes narrowed slightly at the sight of Austin's name embossed in gold on the card. "What did they want?"

"They said Donald Cunningham is critically ill and asked if Mom could visit..." Emmitt relayed the message, then asked, "Why did Mom leave the Cunningham family in the first place?"

Shawn took the card, his voice turning icy, "Aside from your mom, there's not a decent person in the Cunningham family."

was the first time Emmitt had seen his father so cold, a stark contrast to

Shawn turned and walked

for a moment before following

living room, Delilah was surprised to see Emmitt home early,

of his intentions, and simply nodded, "Work was slow today, so I got

alright," Delilah replied, though she noticed something was off with Shawn and called

hands behind his back, still holding

family was rarely discussed at home, some things couldn't

towards the bedroom, "Honey, I

faltering a bit before she

of them soon went into

**

that evening, around eight o'clock at the hotel, Austin sat on the suite's sofa, arms crossed,

day, apart from calls from the Cunningham

watch and looked at Austin, "Looks like Miss Mira isn't coming." Austin closed

Jules