As for the others, many were clicking their tongues as they discussed how weird the turn of events was getting.
“Humph! You’d better give it some thought if you aren’t truly Mr. Crawford’s subordinate! I’ll say it right now that I dared to state the possibility that you aren’t working under Mr. Crawford since there was once a case where someone pretended that they were him! After deceiving several people in Northbay, the real Crawfords eventually caught wind of what the impersonator was doing. From that day onward, that person—along with his family—simply vanished off the face of the planet! With that in mind, if you truly are an impersonator, now would be the time to confess! If you do, you’ll at least have a much higher chance of leaving alive!” said the youth from before.
Hearing that, Riley immediately gulped in fear. It seemed that the incident had just gotten a lot messier… How was she going to settle this?
Cundrie herself was brimming with fear after hearing that people who were involved with ‘fake Mr. Crawfords’ would be completely exterminated along with their families. The worst part was that she now knew that those from the actual Crawford family were coming over soon!
“I’m the real deal!” retorted Gerald.
“That’s quite enough!” shouted Cundrie at that moment, sending everyone silent as they took turns exchanging glances with each other again.
Now knowing full well that she had potentially just created an overwhelming disaster, Riley didn’t even dare to say another word.
Mrs. Smith herself seemed to have caught on that something was amiss, and her earlier excitement had now switched to fear. After all, if he truly was an imposter, they were all going to be exterminated! Nobody had the means to deal with the Crawford family.
“T-the truth is… The invitation card is fake…!” declared Cundrie as she bit her lower lip slightly before tossing the card to the floor.
As the invitation card lay flat on the ground, Cundrie looked at the words written on it. ‘Inviting Miss Cundrie Smith to meet Mr. Craword at Mountain Top Villa!’ The more she looked at the words, the more she felt like they were contemptuously mocking her. She simply wasn’t able to bear keeping the façade up.
“…So it really is a fake!” shouted several people from the crowd as another uproar began brewing.
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