"No." Mabel Quinn denied, "I just wanted to tell you that when I was at Drumbeat Village, for nearly two months, I used Grace Yowell’s name and identity to be friends with you."
Daniel Harris’s expression changed, and his eyes suddenly narrowed, "What did you say?"
"Drumbeat Village, the summer when you were 15, I was friends with you for 2 months. Although it was a very brief time, it was a very happy period for me."
Grace Yowell, standing beside, showed a surprised expression, "Mabel, what are you saying, when we were at Drumbeat Village, didn’t you really dislike Daniel? You kept saying he was a burden and wanted to drag me along to play with you. You just said you were afraid Daniel would hold a grudge about childhood things, so you wanted me to say more good things for you. Besides, it was Daniel’s mother who asked me to spend more time with him then, so I went to find him every day. At that time, you didn’t even know Daniel, how could you use my name and identity to be his friend?"
"I never said anything like burden." Mabel Quinn said, "Grace, must you turn things upside down?"
Grace Yowell looked furious, "Mabel, how could you say such things? I know you want to get closer to Daniel, so you want to use the Drumbeat Village incident as a breakthrough, but no matter what, you shouldn’t just start lying, especially with such a flawed story. Do you think Daniel would believe it?"
But Mabel Quinn calmly looked at Grace Yowell, "Grace, who between us is really lying?"
"Fine, Mabel, if you really think I’m lying, then... let it be that I’m lying. I really don’t want our friendship to end up in such a disgraceful confrontation." Grace Yowell retreated to advance, showing a pitiful, resentful, and forbearing look, which made Mabel Quinn’s heart feel cold.
"I thought we stopped being friends a long time ago." Mabel Quinn said flatly, sadly realizing it only today.
Grace Yowell bit her lip, turned to Daniel Harris, and said, "Daniel, I think Mabel just wants to get closer to you, don’t blame her. As for Mabel and me... in a few days, once she calms down, we’ll make up."
Daniel Harris was always calm; in recent years, rarely anything made his emotions fluctuate . But at this moment, he couldn’t calm himself down. One person had been in his life for 10 years, while the other had only appeared a few months ago but kept unsettling him.
Between the two of them, who was telling the truth and who was lying?
"Was it really you who accompanied me during those two months?" Daniel Harris stared at Mabel Quinn and asked.
"Yes." Mabel Quinn replied.
"Then why did you never tell me your real name? Even if my mother had indeed asked Grace to spend more time with me and you replaced Grace to accompany me, you could have told me your name in private, right?" Daniel Harris said.
Mabel Quinn was momentarily speechless. What could she say, that she was too honest? That she followed Grace Yowell’s instructions so strictly that she didn’t reveal her own name?
"And if it was really you who spent time with me back then, what did I say to you when I left? Tell me." Daniel Harris continued.
Mabel Quinn’s heart sank. At that time, she was so feverish and disoriented that she only vaguely remembered him saying something by her ear, but she couldn’t recall any of it. Now, she couldn’t answer a single word.