When The Family Reads The Fake Heiress Mind

Dalton had texted: “Of course I wasn’t there. If I had been, I probably would’ve died at the hands of those kidnappers.”

Jean replied: “Yeah, true. In that kind of situation, unless you go berserk like my brother did, there’s a good chance you wouldn’t make it out.”

Dalton responded: “Exactly. That’s why what your brother did back then was really impressive.”

Jean asked: “But if you weren’t there, how do you know so many details?”

Dalton said: “Your brother told me.”

Jean texted: “He told you that much? That’s not like him at all.”

Dalton explained: “I was the one who asked. At first, he just gave a really brief and reluctant summary of what happened. But I kept pressing him about it, and eventually, I got all the details out of him.”

Jean replied: “Wow!”

Dalton asked: “Why the wow all of a sudden?”

Jean responded: “Just think it’s kind of amazing. My brother actually let you get all that out of him…”

Dalton said: “He was easier to talk to back then than he is now.”

Jean replied: “Haha, that’s true.”

two must’ve had a pretty decent relationship back then. I mean, he

“That was a

Jean could sense a hint of resignation in those

exactly did you two

“Didn’t I just mention it? Your brother escaped from the kidnappers but ended up running into a forest by accident. It was pure coincidence,

had been hiking in that very forest. Of course, he’d just been a kid himself, so there was no way he

followed him closely, never straying from his side; they

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the mountains, the forest, nature itself–and he’d

t.

in the suburbs had been one of his favorite

he’d been in the

first, he had just been sitting quietly in front of a tree trunk, occasionally sipping

for several hours; this

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two bodyguards had stood on either side of him, not daring to let their guard down for even a second, afraid something might happen to

of chaotic footsteps echoed from

a faint rustling sound–but then, the noise had grown louder