Chapter 874:

“Lacey, you saved my life. I don’t want to think you’d ever hurt me, so please tell me the truth,” Jake said. “There aren’t many people left in this world that I can trust.”

Lacey’s heart skipped a beat. Did this mean he trusted her? It was too dark in the cave for Jake to see Lacey blushing.

Lacey took a deep breath.

“Jake, I have to tell you something.”

Lacey then recounted how Kallie and Clayton came to the village to look for Jake that day. But she didn’t tell him the whole story.

In the story with twisted truth, Lacey claimed that when she found out Kallie was looking for Jake, she wanted to tell him, but then she heard that Kallie and Clayton had found his body. Curious, she followed them to see what was going on.

She knew right away that the body wasn’t real, but Kallie and Clayton seemed to believe it was Jake and took it away. Lacey emphasized it was then she realized Kallie didn’t truly love Jake, but she kept that to herself.

Jake was planning to come find Kallie, she tried to talk him out of it. But it was Jake’s

she finally found him again, she saw Clayton forcing

had only said that she saw him jump, Jake wouldn’t have believed her. It would have seemed too coincidental. But Lacey

been working with Clayton the whole time. But if that

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was confused. There were so many things he couldn’t figure out. Every time he tried to delve

saying, “I’m sorry, Lacey. I didn’t mean to doubt you. I just

look in her eyes. She said hesitantly, “Actually, there might still be a chance. Kallie hasn’t left yet. I saw her today. She was standing at the edge of the cliff, and she almost fell. I pulled her back. If you want, I can

card to prove

smile. How ridiculous! Even now, hearing Lacey recount how Kallie nearly fell, a sharp pang of worry shot

she come, like Clayton, to gloat over his supposed

had always trusted Kallie implicitly, never daring to question her decency. But the evidence against her was

couldn’t deny the truth any longer. Lacey’s concern seemed genuine, a stark contrast to the betrayal that gnawed at

his voice laced

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