Chapter 582
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Timothy was stunned as he stared at Irvin on the live broadcast. He couldn’t believe that Irvin had the nerve to say something like that in front of the public.
The thing with Timothy and Agatha was that they’d never really seen Irvin as family. They treated him like a fool.
But deep down, they both believed that Irvin would always put the Hardwells first, no matter what. They just assumed that even if Irvin found out about Timothy impersonating him, he would never expose it publicly for the sake of the family.
And with the fact that they looked identical, and even shared the same DNA, Timothy had been convinced there was no way Irvin could ever prove he wasn’t the head of the criminal organization. That was why he was so sure he could frame Irvin and get off
scot–free.
What he never expected was for Irvin to expose everything in front of everyone.
And while Timothy had been pretending to be him, Irvin had gone straight to the top and contacted the most authoritative government agency. He used fingerprint verification and confirmed his true identity as Irvin. On top of that, he’d secretly flipped people within Timothy’s organization.
Then, during times when Timothy was out committing crimes as “Irvin“, the real Irvin deliberately scheduled major contract signings with government agencies at the exact same time to provide an airtight alibi.
He wasn’t the one committing those crimes. The real criminal was Timothy.
I knew Irvin well. He might have grown up sheltered, been overly loyal, and too trusting at times–which made him easy to manipulate–but he wasn’t stupid.
Once he realized he’d been used and that Timothy planned to make him the scapegoat, he grieved for a moment before he started thinking about how to fight back and prove who the real criminal was.
He had always been sharp. It didn’t take him long to come up with a plan. And as part of it, he even sliced a deep scar into his arm. It was a long, obvious one, just so he could have a visible, physical marker to help distinguish himself as the real Irvin.
Whenever the fake Irvin, the one running the organization, was out committing crimes, the real Irvin made sure he was somewhere else. He would be doing something official, with the scar clearly visible, proving his identity beyond a doubt .
He carried out all of this in complete secrecy. No one, not even Mason, knew what he was up to.
The government agencies only recognized him personally, and this was a matter between life and death, so he knew he couldn’t afford a single mistake.
Irvin didn’t retaliate right away, even after he woke up and learned he’d become a wanted man. He waited until his body had completely healed. Then, and only then, did he start preparing his counterattack.
He had always been the kind of person who didn’t strike unless it was a guaranteed knockout. That was how he saved me last time, catching the enemy off guard. He did nothing until he could move decisively and effectively
With official documentation from the highest authorities confirming he was Irvin and had never committed any crimes, he flipped the entire narrative.
Even the time he spent pretending to be Timothy had been reframed as a covert operation , working undercover with the government to bring down the real criminal, Timothy Hardwell.
Just like that , he went from being branded a criminal to being hailed as a national hero who sacrificed everything, including his
name, to expose the truth and bring justice.
Meanwhile, Timothy, who was once seen as a righteous figure who stood against evil, was now exposed as the true villain behind it all.
In an instant, the two of them completely switched places. Irvin rose to glory, and Timothy came crashing down.
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And in this dramatic reversal, Irvin definitely came out on top.
While Timothy had once tried to frame Irvin, he’d never succeeded in turning the police against him. But Irvin succeeded in surrounding Hardwell Manor with police and having Timothy hauled off to face justice.
The police in Lestoria had zero tolerance for dangerous criminals like Timothy.