Chapter 244

If you're wondering how Ethan found out about everything, it's really not that complicated. The day Maria Lewis came back from the police station, he felt something was off. Then he saw the three of them go into a room and lock the door to talk. While Amanda King was distracted, he sneaked over and eavesdropped at the door, picking up the whole story. Later, he even did a bit of digging himself and hacked into the café’s exterior cameras. The only thing he caught was that unfamiliar grandma briefly appearing on screen—totally useless. These days, he's seen his mom walking around with a permanent frown, his godmother cycling between yelling and crying, even Uncle David Spencer sighing all the time. So he figured he’d try talking to James Bennett—no way his mom could be that kind of person; there had to be a misunderstanding. What he didn’t expect was for James to straight up hang up on him. Didn’t even let him say a word. A few days later, Maria went to check on the case’s progress at t