Fake Daughter Is The Real Legend (Iris Sutton) novel Chapter 42

Chapter 42 Dirty Family

Chapter 42 Dirty Family

By the time Ares arrived, Iris had already gone upstairs.

Emma pouted and punched him lightly with her tiny fist.

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“You’re too slow, Uncle! I helped hold Sister Iris here for you, but you never showed up! You two didn’t even get to—”

Before she could finish, both of them saw Iris hurrying back out of the building.

Her expression was unusually serious.

After stepping outside, she looked around.

Finding no available car nearby, her gaze landed on Ares.

“Mr. Barclay, do you have time?”

“What happened?”

“Drive me somewhere.”

She paused before adding,

“My classmate is missing.”

The apartment door had been left unlocked.

Inside, everything was in complete disarray.

There were obvious signs of a struggle, and anything remotely valuable had disappeared.

Ares didn’t ask any further questions.

He simply signaled Julian to bring the car over.

Then he opened the door and said,

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“Get in.”

“Thank you.”

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Before Ares could respond, Emma beat him to it, waving her hand dismissively.

“No need to thank us. We’ll all be family someday-mmph!” (1

Ares smiled at Iris and promptly covered Emma’s mouth with one hand. The little girl could only protest with muffled sounds.

“Is there some kind of trouble?” he asked.

Iris didn’t hide the truth.

“My classmate has gone missing. I suspect her family came looking for money again.”

Hannah had told Iris about her family before.

Her parents were drowning in debt, and she had an older brother who was lazy, unemployed, and completely dependent on her scholarship money and the wages she earned working part-time at a bar. Whenever she refused to give them money, they caused trouble.

Following the address Iris provided, Julian drove them to a run-down residential complex.

The security booth at the entrance was little more than decoration. No one even bothered to register visitors before letting the car through.

Ares opened the car door.

“I’ll go up with you. This place isn’t safe.”

“No need. If I’m not back in fifteen minutes, then come up.”

Hannah was timid by nature. Even when Ares was doing absolutely nothing, he

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carried the kind of authority that made people feel pressured.

It was probably better if they didn’t meet.

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Hannah’s apartment was on the sixth floor.

There was no elevator, so Iris climbed the stairs one level at a time.

The hallway was dark and narrow.

Large patches of paint had peeled away from the walls, and with the weather turning hotter, the piles of trash left in the corridor emitted a foul odor accompanied by the constant buzzing of flies.

Apartment 601’s door was shut tight.

The surface was plastered with layers of advertisements and flyers.

Iris knocked several times.

No one answered.

But she heard something fall inside.

She removed an ornate black hairpin from beside her temple and inserted it into the lock.

A few quick movements.

Click.

The door opened effortlessly.

Hannah was lying on the floor, bound tightly with coarse rope.

When she heard the door open, she struggled to lift her head.

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The moment she saw Iris, tears welled in her eyes as muffled cries escaped her throat.

Iris quickly entered, untied the ropes, and removed the dirty cloth stuffed into her mouth.

The instant she regained her freedom, Hannah grabbed Iris’s arm and tried to drag her toward the door.

“You came alone? We have to run! They’ll be back any minute!”

Earlier, she had realized she’d left behind a notebook full of carefully organized study notes.

Knowing that her parents and brother were usually out at this time, she had come back to retrieve it.

Unfortunately, she had run straight into them downstairs.

“They forced me to take them to the apartment… They stole a lot of things…”

Her voice broke.

“I’m sorry… They even said they were going to sell me so they could use the money for my brother’s wedding…”

Tears streamed down her face.

She had explained countless times that once she graduated from college and started working, she would be able to earn much more money.

But her family stubbornly believed that her only purpose in life was to get married and provide money for her brother.

Iris noticed the bruises and swelling covering her body.

Supporting her carefully, she helped her to her feet.

“We’ll talk after we get out of here.”

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The two had barely reached the doorway when a startled voice echoed from the hallway.

“Hey! Why is our door open?”

A series of hurried footsteps followed.

A tall, overweight man rushed over.

“Mom! There’s another woman in here!”

The moment Hannah saw the way her brother was looking at Iris, her face turned pale.

Even though she was terrified, she still stepped in front of Iris with her frail body.

“She’s my classmate! She only came to bring me something! Let her go first!”

Then she lowered her voice and whispered urgently,

“Find a way to leave. I know you have connections, but you’re alone right now. Go get help!”

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