Chapter 7

The truth was he did not know of Arthus Greene, the person named on the business card. “Then why would they help you?” Miranda spoke her mind. She somehow felt that her future brother-in-law had changed, but she could not put her finger on where. “Mistaken identity?” Jason saw the sympathetic glances of the family members and smirked. “If you don’t want to talk about it, fine!” Madison’s aunt groaned. She believed that Jason was purposely hiding it. Jason shrugged. ‘That’s life in the current day and age, nobody would believe you when you speak the truth.’ “Might be someone he hired! Nowadays, some people would hire someone to act like someone else.” Someone spoke mockingly, and it was the eldest aunt’s son-in-law, Jordan Sesto. He had seen events like these frequently happen on the internet. After he said that, everyone displayed doubt as they looked at Jason. After all, due to Jason’s past reputation, he was completely deserving of being doubted. “Jason! Elder Greene said he would invite you to the feast. Can you bring me along when it happens?” Clark spoke enthusiastically. However, after giving it some thought, he also found it to be suspicious. Doug was known to be a non-forgiving person. Elder Dale was barely an acquaintance with Doug, so it was possible that that man just now was not the real ‘Mr. Buck’. He started to believe that Jason had really hired the guy to pull the act. “Alright! I’ll bring you along if you want.” Jason hesitated slightly before nodding. Jason wanted to see how he would react when the time came. After being treated negatively for over three years, it would be hard for Jason not to harbor any resentments. Although he had memories of his other lives implanted within, his soul itself had never changed in the slightest. He had not retaliated only because they were Madison’s relatives. Jason’s hesitation made it seem that it was indeed an act. “I’d like to visit the Greene Family too.” Hank, that was silent all along, finally spoke. He acted like a tortoise hiding in its shell when Doug confronted him. Now, if Jason had actually pulled an act like this, it would be a spectacle to see how Hank would respond. “I’d like to go too. Bring me along, Jason!” Madison’s aunt said. Then both of Madison’s uncles and her mother also followed along and asked. “You guys should go! I won’t go. It would be good if that were true. But if it were a lie, the story would spread, and everyone would be humiliated.” Jordan snorted. Jason lightly smirked as he saw the commotion. He felt no fear as he had not lied. Back at home, the mother-in-law and father-in-law had gone upstairs. Miranda also was not talkative. Only Jason and Madison were left in the spacious living room. She calmly stared at him. Jason, unable to understand why, asked, “Why are you looking at me like that?” “Did you have anything to do with what happened today? Jason, although you didn’t achieve much back then, you were at least an honest person. Have you thought about how you would handle the consequences?” She asked him angrily. She had not said anything on the way back home. She thought deeply and always felt that what happened was too coincidental. The words exchanged by her relatives had also deepened her conviction. Now that there was no one around, she can have to have a long discussion with Jason. Of course, that made her feel more disappointed than she already was. “You’d think of me this way too?” Jason smiled in resignation as he shook his head.