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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you believe the simple denouement that George is Mr. Smith, then you've been duped by the obvious, just like the losers searching for Ralph Tate's ugly painting. Ryan is Mr. Smith, forced into assuming this role along with all the other nefarious businesses when his grandfather, the original Mr. Smith, died. Evie (Lucca) always wanted the sweet house and the husband, and Ryan fit the mold. Ryan wanted out of the Mr. Smith-business, so he slowly and selectively eliminated the "employees." By setting up the fake Lucca Marino and killing her off, he thought he could keep the real Lucca, with whom he was falling in love, from ever being able to leave him and return to her past identity. But as in all things, Lucca lied first, convincing Ryan that she loved him by changing his stolen business accounting turned over to "Mr Smith" to make his business look unworthy of takeover. Then she made him believe she "caught" George as the real Mr. Smith, so Ryan could exit that con game for good. Devon went to Ryan's home in Lake Forbing (see chapter 21) to set up the whole tech room so Lucca could assume the role and run it as Miss Smith, completely separate from Ryan. And with that, author Ashley Elston has set us up for a sequel.[/quote]

[b]Whoa!!  Thank you for writing this out/carefully explaining!!  This makes the most sense to me.  A twist within a twist...very interesting![/b][/quote]

But then again...wait...Mr. Smith had people killed, I don't think RYAN would do that or that Lucca would love him given that. It had to be George was Mr. Smith.[/quote]

The two questions/red flags I noted when I read the book were:
(1) no explanation as to how Ryan got involved with Mr. Smith or George
(2) one time when Lucca called Matt(?) and made him let her talk to Mr. Smith - I think when she was in the car with Ryan? - she noted that his disguised voice was a little higher than usual....suggesting she was talking with somebody different than Mr. Smith.
Anyone else note anything about that?[/quote]

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