At this moment, all eyes were on River Larkin's face.
They hadn't expected the masked woman to suddenly change her tune and turn her sights on River Larkin.
Before this, the two of them had no apparent connection. Why had she suddenly turned her fire on River Larkin?
Mr. and Mrs. Jennings exchanged a glance. They hadn't forgotten that Selene Larkin had suddenly intervened earlier, seemingly because this masked woman was a relative of River Larkin.
But looking at the situation now, it seemed different from what they had imagined. If they were relatives, shouldn't the masked woman have been pleasantly surprised? Shouldn't she have immediately taken off her mask to reunite with him?
If she had a relative here, everything would have been much easier to negotiate. The situation might not have escalated to this point in the first place.
