Chapter 60

Has Lijah not woken up yet?” Elysia asked, but Tarquin remained silent, his lack of response serving as affirmation.

Elyala pressed on, “Did Dr. Benjamin examine him?”

Tarquin, clearly irritated, snapped back, “What the heck do you want?!”

Elysin purned her lips and got atraight to the point, “You got a grandpa? Or some old family member? Someone who doesn’t quite look like you but has a resemblance around the eyes. A tall, lean guy, looks to be in his late seventies or eightles?”

Tarquin knew she was talking about Gideon. His brow furrowed as he stared at her.

Elysia continued, “He came to see me today, but I didn’t recognize him, so I thought I’d ask

you.”

A flicker of something passed through Tarquin’s eyes as he asked, “Why come to me about it?”

“Because he mentioned you and Elijah, and you guys kind of look like you could be related.”

Tarquin didn’t expect her to bring up her meeting with Gideon so directly. He gave her a long, meaningful look before asking, “You don’t know him?”

“I’ve never met the guy.”

Tarquin just stared at her, clearly skeptical

Elysia rolled her eyes. “Look, if I knew him, why would I hide it from you?”

“He’s my grandpa.”

Got any

looked at

“He gave me some cash, and I’d like you to return it to him on my behalf. So, I need some kind of proof that

given her money?

looked at Elysia for a few seconds, then

a family photo of

“Don’t have one.”

No family photos?

“Nope.”

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Elysis a cold glare as if to say, take

dissatisfied. She was worried that if Gideon wasn’t really his grandad Tarquin might take the money and

walked in, and Elysia had an

She set up her phone and handed it to

to Tarquin. This is whet your granddad gave me today. I’m giving it back to

she ran to check the video, saved it securely and pocketed her

you’re a good guy. Please be my witness that

around Elysia’s swift maneuver when

that whatever you pay me, he’d double it… I don’t really

doing? Tarquin barked as

startled by his fierce tone, stammered, ‘I… I was just going

his face

hostile? If I didn’t care about the kid, I wouldn’t bother trying to help!”

to herself, ‘No good deed goes unpunished, she still went ahead and

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