It was my birthday, and I had stayed out late drinking with my friends.
The bar had been packed that night, and somehow, I had misplaced my car keys. Rather than drive, I stayed the night at the bar.
The next morning, I found out that my car had been involved in a crash. It had gone off the road into a river, and the driver had been declared dead on the scene.
The only clue left behind was a lock of hair the same color as mine.
To this day, I still don’t know who drove off in my car that night.
As these memories flooded back, I looked at Annabelle, my gaze suddenly much sharper.
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“Don’t play dumb with me,” she sneered, “You’d better figure out who your real benefactor
- is. Do you think being treated kindly by Cooper means you’re special? Let me tell you something–he’s only seeing you as a stand–in for someone who’s already dead,”
“And while you’re at it,” she added, her voice full of malice, “make sure you do your job properly. Get as much information out of him as you can. The Cooper family is destined to fall at the hands of the York family,”
Hearing this, even a fool could piece together what was really happening,
This woman had been the one behind the attempt on my life. But I had survived,
And now, she had mistaken me for one of her spies, expecting me to gather intel.
Well then, why not play along? I’d help Xavier destroy them from the inside,
After all, what belongs to Xavier is mine, too.
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