Lawrence took a measured breath before speaking. "Dad, Mom, let Hannah go to the US. She was supposed to continue her studies there anyway. Maybe getting away from home and everything here will help her naturally move on."
Odette looked at her son, her voice hesitant. "Lawrence, do you... have any feelings for her?"
Lawrence shook his head without a second of hesitation. "No. I never have, not from the very beginning. If I had even the slightest feeling for her, I would never have chosen to be with Candie."
Carl and Odette let out a collective sigh of relief. Their biggest fear was that both children had developed inappropriate feelings for each other.
Family was family. It could never be anything else.
And if he had harbored those feelings, it would have been a terrible betrayal to Bonnie.
At this point, Carl and Odette didn't realize the sheer magnitude of the situation. To them, it wasn't a matter of life and death yet. It looked like a messy entanglement between young adults—nothing a little distance couldn't fix. They weren't overly distraught.
Lawrence sighed inwardly, deeply grateful for his second chance at life. By stopping this early, he had saved everyone he loved from falling into an irreversible nightmare.
He continued to press the issue. "Dad, Mom, the things she says are delusions she's using to fool herself. If we don't intervene now, the lines between her lies and reality will blur. She'll spiral deeper and deeper. I'm terrified she'll end up just like Aloys."
Odette's face drained of color as the tragic downfall of the Blair Family flashed through her mind.
"The Blair family has a history of mental illness," Lawrence said, his tone dark. "I suspect she's showing early signs of erotomania. Some of the things she claims aren't just lies to her anymore—they are 'facts' she genuinely believes."



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