Abriella grinned, teasing, “I’ve got good news and bad news. Which one do you want first?”
“Good news,” Emmy replied.
“I found the real Claudia.”
Emmy arched a brow. “And the bad?”
“She’s dead.”
“Dead?” Emmy’s face tightened.
“Yeah. She’s been gone a long time.”
Emmy’s mind spun back. “You remember when Cooper got convicted? The anonymous tip that nailed him—it said he’d tortured and killed a ten-year-old girl in his village when he was younger.”
A chill ran through Emmy. “Wait… you mean that girl was…”
Abriella nodded, her expression heavy. “Exactly.”
“This time, when I went back to the village, Steve actually did something right and sent two private investigators with me. We finally figured out the whole story.”
Abriella’s eyes flashed with disgust, like just talking about it left a bad taste.
“Claudia’s real name wasn’t even Claudia. They called her the wild girl.”
“The wild girl, Cooper, and the real Claudia all grew up in that village. The wild girl was born in a cave after her mother, who wasn’t right in the head, got assaulted by some stranger. Later, a farm family in the village took her in because she was starving.”
“But she was trouble from the start. Lying, scheming—she never said a true word. No one liked her. By five, she was on her own, wandering from house to house just to eat.”
“The real Claudia was the total opposite. She was kind. Always looking out for others. More than once, she gave up her own food to save the wild girl from starving. But it was like saving a snake that bites you in the end.”
Abriella’s voice shook with anger.



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