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I looked at him, feigning confusion.”
Mr. Gatesby, you’ve mistaken me for
someone else. My name is Evelyn Kane.”
I was determined to deny being
Emily Kane. What could he do? The
Emily Kane identity had been erased six
years ago. Only Evelyn Kane existed.
Karry hadn’t expected this; a grim
smile touched his lips.
“Evelyn Kane? An orphan who came to the UK six years ago. You told everyone
you were here to join relatives, yet in
these six years, you’ve only maintained
close ties with one man, and he isn’t even
British. That is to say, no one has really
seen him. Besides, you’ve had frequent
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contact with the Kanes and received large
sums of money from them every six
months. The Kanes happened to have lost a daughter named Emily six years ago. Miss Kane, care to explain?”
I swallowed hard. That was a
thorough investigation. When we were
together, he never cared about my affairs.
Yet now, after I faked my death and
assumed a new identity, he’d scrutinized
every detail of this reinvented life.
Anger flared.“Sir, I don’t even know
you. You have no right to investigate me. Why I’m here here, and who I associate
with, are none of your business.”
He was momentarily speechless.
After a pause, he thought of something.
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“I’ve received favors from the Kane family. You are suspicious, and you’ve received a large sum of money from them. It’s my duty to understand your motives.”
He thought he had a point. I merely raised an eyebrow, countering his
argument.
“Even if I’m suspicious, the Kanes should be the ones dealing with me, not
you. Who the hell are you? Are you a friend of the Kanes? Or… the… kept man
of their deceased daughter?”
The words “kept man” stung him. His eyes flashed, his lips thinned. He looked at me deeply before turning to leave, a low pressure hanging around him. I sensed
sadness in his back.
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I wanted to apologize for those harsh
words, but in the end I didn’t. After all,
during those six years we were together,
he had always viewed himself in the same
way. I gave him money; he slept with me.
He’d said it countless times. Why was he
acting like I hurt him?
But I knew Karry wouldn’t give up. If
I wanted peace, I’d have to move. I would
bid farewell to this bar that I’d been a part
of for six years.
I locked up and went upstairs. Lying
in bed, I wondered why Karry was doing
all this. Was it revenge for me “paying”
him? I’d compensated him. It was a
mutually beneficial arrangement. Even if
he hated me, it should have ended with
my fake death. Why couldn’t he just let
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me go?
Giving up on getting an answer, I fell
asleep.
Outside, Karry remained, his car still
there. He sat behind the wheel, bitterness
filling him.
Kept man? Was that all Emily saw
him as?
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