"Cecily, she…" Cecily uttered with her hoarse voice, looking hesitant. "She's been kicked out by the Jensens because of Ms. Jensen's return. They started to find fault with Cecily, giving her a hard time, and even used dark arts and created a doll to frame her.
"The Jensens believed their daughter and eventually kicked Cecily out of the Jensen residence. They even told everyone in the circle not to offer her any assistance…"
Diego was in utter disbelief. "She's been kicked out? H-How did that happen? Isn't Ms. Jensen the girl called Sha—"
"It was Shannon!" Cecily added fuel to the fire. "You know how capable she was on the show. If not her, who would've thought to use dark arts to harm people? We're just ordinary people, yet she attacked Cecily and her favorite dolls.
"Cecily was never her opponent, to begin with!"
Diego was immediately convinced. When imagining how Shannon had tampered with Cecily's favorite dolls, he began to feel contempt toward the former.
Just days ago, his dad brought up Shannon, telling him to get better acquainted with the Jensens, especially her. At that time, he was even willing to do it; now, he found himself unable to do so.
"Where's Cecily now? I need to see her! Would you please let me see her? Don't worry; my family might not be as influential as the Jensens, but we hold a certain power here in Seastone."
For a moment, Cecily got excited. However, she shook her head in the end.
"Cecily doesn't wish to see anyone right now. Seeing you guys are friends, I'm sure you understand she's a proud and dignified person and wouldn't want you to see her in a disheveled state."
She purposely let out a sigh. "It's just that my place is a bit cramped, and Cecily has nowhere else to go, so she has to squeeze into my small 300-square-foot room with me.
"She doesn't even have a change of clothes, or she wouldn't have asked me to help her get things from her dorm."
At that, Diego quickly offered his help. "That won't work. If you don't mind, I have a villa in the suburbs. You and Cecily can stay there for the time being. I'll write you the address and passcode.
Earl would never help Cecily escape without a compelling reason. Just as the Grays believed they had found someone to assist them, in the end, Rachel lost her life, and the other Grays lived in misery.
Rather, he seemed to have an ulterior motive in choosing Cecily in particular.
What did Cecily have that warranted his interest? Her?
Shannon thought that if she had to find a commonality between the two of them, it would likely be her. They both hated her because she had thwarted their schemes.
If Earl sacrificed his life to help Cecily escape, it meant he wanted to use her to deal with Shannon.
Regardless, Cecily was nothing more than an ordinary person, and he would never expect someone so average to pose a threat to Shannon.
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