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Living With the Boy Who Hated Me Welcome Home
Aya's POV"...my grandson."The words echoed through Archive Level Three.No one breathed.No one moved.Callum stood frozen.His pale face reflected in the polished steel doors of the elevator.Then he laughed.A single, bitter laugh."You're lying."Edmund Benefactor simply smiled."I expected you to say that."Richard stepped in front of Callum."Stay away from my son."Edmund looked at him with pity."Your son?""You raised him.""You loved him.""But biologically..."He slowly shook his head."...he was never yours."Claire's knees nearly gave out."No..."Her voice broke."No..."She grabbed Richard's arm to steady herself."This isn't true."Richard looked toward Edmund with rage burning in his eyes."You think you can destroy my family with one lie?"Edmund calmly placed the black ledger onto a small table inside the elevator."I don't deal in lies.""I preserve facts."Detective Cruz kept her pistol trained on Edmund."If you're so certain...""...prove it."Edmund nodded."I
Living With the Boy Who Hated Me The Wrong Heir
Aya's POVLaughter echoed through the darkness.It wasn't loud.It wasn't frantic.It was calm.Patient.As if whoever was hiding inside Archive Level Three already knew how this would end.The emergency lights flashed crimson every few seconds, painting the endless shelves in blood-red shadows.No one moved.No one breathed.Detective Cruz tightened her grip on her flashlight."Everyone stay together!"The beam swept across the archive.Thousands of files.Rows of metal shelves.Open cabinets.But Edmund Benefactor had vanished."So has the ledger," Callum muttered.I looked at the desk.The black leather book was gone.Only the torn family tree remained in my trembling hands.At the bottom of the page...The final name had been violently scratched out.Only one letter remained.C.Who was C?A child?A grandson?Or...The heir?Suddenly—BEEP.A nearby computer monitor flickered to life.Then another.And another.Within seconds, every screen inside the archive illuminated the room
Living With the Boy Who Hated Me Archive of Lies
Aya's POVNo one moved.No one spoke.The elderly man stood calmly at the far end of the archive, his silver hair neatly combed, one hand resting on the black leather ledger.His expression wasn't threatening.That was what frightened me most.He looked...Patient.As if he had expected this moment for years."My name is Edmund Benefactor," he repeated."And I've been waiting twenty-three years to meet Eleanor Rhodes' daughter."Detective Cruz raised her pistol."Hands where I can see them."Edmund smiled faintly."You won't need that.""I said, hands."Without arguing, he slowly lifted them.No fear.No hesitation.Callum stepped closer to me despite the pain in his shoulder."You're the one who's been sending the messages."Edmund tilted his head."Some of them."The room fell silent."What do you mean, some?" I asked."There are others."My stomach tightened."Others?"He nodded."The Benefactor family has never been just one person."Richard clenched his fists."So Arthur was real
Living With the Boy Who Hated Me The Lighthouse
Aya's POVThe lighthouse stood alone against the sea.Its white paint had long since faded into gray, and vines climbed its cracked stone walls like they were trying to pull it back into the earth.The waves crashed violently against the cliffs below.A cold wind whipped through the empty road as Detective Cruz parked the last police vehicle.The engine died.No one spoke.It was just after six in the morning.Dark clouds covered the sky, turning the coastline into a world of shadows.I stepped out of the car and stared at the towering lighthouse."So this is where she wanted us to come."Callum walked beside me.His shoulder was wrapped tightly beneath his jacket, but every step clearly hurt."You should still be in the hospital," I whispered.He gave me a tired smile."I've had enough hospital beds.""You almost died.""But I didn't.""You were lucky.""No."He looked at me."I had you."My cheeks warmed.Even now...He still found a way to make me smile.Richard climbed out of the
Living With the Boy Who Hated Me The Signature
Aya's POV— E. BenefactorThe signature blurred before my eyes.I read it again.Then again.No matter how many times I looked at it, the name didn't change.E. Benefactor.My fingers tightened around the photograph.Detective Cruz took it from my hands."Where was this taken?""My mother's grave.""When?""Three years ago.""You were alone?""I thought I was."Cruz studied the image.The figure beneath the acacia tree stood too far away for his face to be recognized. He wore a dark overcoat despite the summer heat, his hands hidden inside his pockets.He wasn't looking at the grave.He was looking at me.Richard leaned closer."He followed you before you ever came to Brinkley Estate."Callum frowned."Which means none of this started when Aya came to the estate.""It started years earlier."Claire folded her arms tightly."No.""It started before Eleanor died."Silence settled over the room.For the first time, I realized something horrifying.I had never been investigating my mother
Living With the Boy Who Hated Me The Boy Who Never Left
Aya's POV"He lived... inside Brinkley Estate."Richard's words echoed through the conference room.Every pair of eyes locked onto him.My pulse pounded in my ears."You know him?" I asked.Richard didn't answer immediately.His gaze remained fixed on the faded photograph.The teenage boy stood several feet behind everyone else, his hands tucked inside his pockets, watching the group instead of smiling for the camera.It was unsettling.Even in an old photograph, he looked like an observer instead of a participant.Finally, Richard nodded."I knew him.""What was his name?" Detective Cruz asked.Richard closed his eyes."I... can't remember."The room fell silent.Claire looked at him in disbelief."What do you mean you can't remember?""I remember his face.""I remember seeing him almost every day.""I remember talking to him."His breathing became uneven."But his name...""It's gone."Detective Cruz frowned."People don't simply forget someone's name."Richard laughed bitterly."Un
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