Chapter 98

The sudden silence in the tent seemed to freeze the air.

Eileen was curiously eyeing two strange men.

A shocked old man. And a middle-aged man who looked worked up.

Eileen grabbed the tent curtain, turning to Egbert, “You’ve got stuff to do, so I’ll just go ask them myself.”

With that, she was about to leave.

“Hold on.” The middle-aged man suddenly blurted out.

Eileen stopped and looked back at him. “You…”

Just then, Egbert stepped forward, grabbing Blake’s shoulder to stop him from speaking.

Blake looked at Egbert.

Egbert turned his head and said to Eileen, “Go on, I’ll stay.”

Eileen didn’t understand what they were up to, she mumbled an “Okay” and left the tent.

The sound of the girl’s footsteps gradually faded away. Only then did Blake somewhat regain his senses.

He closed his eyes, lightly rubbing his temples.

“Egbert.” Derek sat on an uncomfortable folding chair and said in a deep voice, “I need an explanation.”

Egbert glanced at Derek, then patted Blake on the shoulder, signaling him to sit down.

Blake sat down. Egbert also pulled over a chair to sit.

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knees, fingers interlaced, faced two stern gazes, then started speaking, “Nathan rescued her from a

Vietnam.”

story from a

Eileen auntie. He had investigated

years ago in April, Nathan led a team that cracked a cross-border drug

and died while trying to escape, and she was

said, “That fits. My sister was kidnapped in

back to

that his wife Sarah had given birth prematurely.

bleeding. Nathan was devastated when he heard the news. He had been abroad, so how could this happen

had

Nathan was abroad, and while the two elder members of the Howard family were seeking medical treatment in the capital and conducting research at the National Science Institute, she even engaged

was lucky, she survived, but the baby, due to being born prematurely and with congenital deficiencies, was critically ill.

the hospital, Sarah had already run away. The baby was in the ICU; the doctors said she

died at three in the morning. Nathan

younger children were easier to adopt, but finding the child’s biological

outside, but they didn’t see Sarah who was about to give

parents the truth, but in the end, he didn’t. Sarah’s affair and the premature death of her

the welfare institution. The baby

back to the institution and found out that the child hadn’t been adopted yet. So he went

the name

that the child had been switched, and even Sarah probably didn’t expect Nathan to replace the

the truth was a friend of Nathan’s, a comrade who had fought with him. It took Egbert a lot of effort to find that retired

Derek and Blake across from him and calmly said, “Nathan raised her as his

turned

father, I am grateful to him, but Eileen has the right to know the

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