“Hubery is my son! How could I possibly mistake him?!”
Suri was sobbing uncontrollably, her words tumbling out between gasps. “Just now, on the balcony down the hallway—I saw a boy in a black leather jacket, smoking. He looked exactly like Hubery! How could there be two people in this world who look so alike?!”
Emeric’s mind was a storm of emotion, but he forced himself to speak calmly, not wanting to get swept away by false hope. “Suri, maybe it was just a coincidence…”
“It wasn’t a coincidence!”
Evadne sat up straight on the velvet sofa, her eyes burning bright. “Suri didn’t make a mistake. There is a man who looks just like Hubery—I’ve met him. His name is Hans. When Avery kept me trapped on Rose Island in Helgen, I crossed paths with him.”
The Ashbourne family stared at her in stunned silence.
“Evadne! Then is he—Hubery?!” Emeric pressed, barely able to keep the tremor out of his voice.
Evadne bit down hard, her jaw set as she hesitated. Why would Hans show up at the hospital now, of all times? There was only one explanation. The person who ran her down that night—it was Hans. The one who brought her to the hospital was Hans too.
But when she woke up from her coma, the first person she saw wasn’t Hans—it was Chad.
Avery. Chad…
Suddenly, a chilling revelation swept through Evadne, making her shiver. A chain of seemingly unrelated events snapped together in her mind, forming a terrifying possibility. She’d never believed in coincidences. Every so-called chance encounter was connected by invisible threads.
“Evadne, answer me!” Suri’s eyes were red and brimming with tears. “Was that Hubery? Hubery isn’t dead, is he? He survived—didn’t he?!”
Evadne took a deep breath, her eyes suddenly shining with clarity. “Suri, when you saw him on the balcony, was he still smoking, or did he leave after he finished?”
“I—maybe I startled him. As soon as he saw me, he stubbed out his cigarette and hurried off.”
“Suri, please ask Arnold to go check the balcony—see if he can find the cigarette butt he left behind.”
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