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[quote=Anonymous][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]

No, that PP is wrong. Devon had proof that George was Mr Smith. And Evie would not have set him up to be killed if she wasn’t sure.  So was Ryan just another worker in Ms Smith’s group? Wasn’t he trying to get her? Was Evie ok with that because they could both be honest with Mr Smith gone.

[b]I also don’t think Evie took over MR smith’s business. She just started a similar one and the name was a joke, since no one owns her anymore. [/quote][/b]

I agree. I think she might turn Robinhood, rather than the swindling business. But does Ryan clean up his East Texas business?[/quote]

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