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Chapter 144 The Name That Wouldn’t Die

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Hansel blinked at the glowing screen. “But isn’t Sunny the designer you already know, Mr. Luke? If she posted a message, why don’t you just call her directly?”

“She is Natalie!” Jensen’s eyes burned with a feverish light. “Natalie isn’t dead. She’s alive!”

His intensity made Hansel uneasy. “Mr. Luke, maybe the account was hacked. Miss Natalie really did die that night.”

He wanted to add more–that the fire had left nothing, no trace of escape, only remains. But Jensen wasn’t listening.

“I don’t care! Trace the IP. Wherever that login came from, that’s where she is!”

Hansel sighed, helpless. “Alright. I’ll start the search.” He slipped out, leaving Jensen alone with the bandaged stump of his finger.

hate me enough to

town, Sharon saw the

that slut can’t be alive. Impossible! This isn’t her–it’s Jensen, it has to be!” She paced like a caged animal, clutching

Summers, overhearing, stiffened. “Natalie… you’re saying Natalie is

mother, fisting her collar and yanking her close. “You still think of her, don’t you? The day you let me whip her, she learned to hate you! And you dare dream of fixing things

wheezed, wracked with coughs. Her health had been failing, weakness dragging her lower each day. Sharon’s impatience had only grown crueler. If she was treated like this now, while

drifted back to

never forgetting her parents. Sharon had never once done

gave.

the thought: at least Sharon is mine by blood. But as she stared at Sharon’s

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The Name

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she thought. The regret gnawed at her