In Chanaea, Susanne stared at her ringing phone and the foreign number on its screen.
After some contemplation, she eventually answered the call. “Hello. Who is this?”
Vinson felt pained by how melancholic Susanne sounded over the phone.
“Mom, it’s me!”
Susanne instantly jumped to her feet when she recognized her son’s voice.
“Vinson? Is that you?” Agitatedly, she rambled, “Am I dreaming? Are you really calling me right now?!”
She could hardly believe that her son, who had been missing for such a long time, would call her out of the blue.
Vinson replied, “It’s me, Mom. You’re not dreaming!”
After hearing his confirmation, Susanne hurriedly asked about Arielle, “What about Sannie? How is she? Is she okay?”
Arielle and Vinson had been on the same cruise ship, and Susanne’s concern only grew with the shocking number of casualties from the shipwreck.
“Mom, she’s okay too. We’ll be back in two days.” As he reassured his mother, Vinson suddenly recalled an earlier conversation with Arielle and asked, “Mom, do I have a brother?”
Susanne was shell-shocked.
How did he find out?
She sputtered, “W-Why are you asking about this?”
Her tone was proof enough that Arielle’s suspicions were correct. Vinson immediately knew the man they were discussing was likely his brother.
Vinson shared his and Arielle’s hypothesis with his mother. “He probably orchestrated the accidents that had befallen Arielle and me.”
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