Joshua lifted Quentin's chin with his finger. His deep, sorrowful eyes expressed just how furious he was.
"You're responsible for my aunt and Luna's uncle's deaths, aren't you, Sirius? How many crimes and mistakes have you done in the name of Rosalyn? I heard people saying that you died in the fire, and I couldn't help but suspect something was wrong.
"In my investigation, Quentin was a barbarian who never used his head to think or scheme. But, after you return from Lincoln City to seek shelter from Rosalyn, ’ Quentin' suddenly looked like he had a brain. Not only did he murder my aunt, but he also knew how to spark a feud between the Lynch family and the Landry family. "In the end, he left and disappeared from Merchant City after you died in the fire-only for you to suddenly, and conveniently, show up in this city once more.
"Everything seems all too coincidental, no?"
Quentin turned his head away, not wanting to have eye contact with Joshua. "Why can’t I suddenly change?"
"I don't know if you have actually changed."
Far away, Granny Quinn, who had finally stopped coughing, looked at Quentin and said coldly, "I do know, however, that if you truly are Sirius, then Joshua truly is a very smart person."
Granny Quinn sneered and added, "When Quentin brought a young man called Sirius back to Quinn Mansion, I even talked about the Quinn family's future plan with him. I remember vividly that it was the first time someone told me that for the Quinn family to rise, the Lynch family and the Landry family had to be embroiled in a feud.
"I didn’t think twice about it because, at that time, the Lynch family and the Landry family shared a great relationship.
Eventually, of course, they were caught up in a dispute.
"At that time, Quentin even told me that he found something invaluable, that his goody friend was a person capable of masterfully planning and scheming. Obviously, I know that it was Sirius who gave him these ideas.
Granny Quinn closed her eyes, and her next words conveyed just how heartbroken she sounded.
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