Chapter 501

"Mom, Juliette is perfectly fine." For now, I chose not to share my suspicion with Ferlyn that Juliette might have been reborn. Ferlyn was quite superstitious, and I feared that if she found out, she'd become anxious and let her imagination spiral out of control. It seemed wiser to keep her in the dark. Ferlyn shot me an irritated glance. "I raised you. Don't you think I understand what's on your mind?" Her words caught me off guard, and I briefly hesitated, lowering my gaze and pressing my lips together silently. Ferlyn sighed with resignation, her tone softening as she continued. "From what I know about Juliette, even with her outgoing nature, she wouldn't keep pressing you about the situation with Sophia unless something made her suspicious. That's why she's trying to get to the bottom of it." "Joshua, are you… are you hiding something from me?" As she spoke, Ferlyn reflected on the changes she'd noticed in me recently. Outwardly, she thought I seemed the same, but som