Elena's POV I laughed once….I should have known better. Of course the one person I had trusted with the investigation of my child was also working for my father.“You… you know my name?” I said, shock punching straight through my chest. “You know my real name?”Hale didn’t flinch…..The gun stayed steady in his hand like it belonged there.“Of course I do,” he said calmly. “I knew from the first day.”My stomach dropped.“You’ve been playing me,” I said slowly. “This whole time….Of course you've been playing me.”He shrugged. “Playing along….you didn't want to be found out and I played naïve.”“That’s not the same thing,” I snapped.He took one step closer. “Elena, I am your father’s friend. What exactly made you think I wouldn’t recognize his daughter?”My jaw clenched. Remembering he was my father's friend all of a sudden brought back that bitter feeling of seeing him rule my mother's death a mother.“You have your mother’s eyes,” he continued, almost casual. “Same shape…the exact s
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