Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 1285

"If they manage to figure it out, I'm sure I'll have some intel to share."

"Tarquin, be honest with your grandma. About the virus-did you keep it from Elysia on purpose, or were you just as clueless as the rest of us?"

Tarquin hesitated for a moment before confessing,

"I kept it from her on purpose. There's someone dangerous involved in this virus mess, and I didn't want her to panic, so I didn't tell her the whole story."

"Zane's just a partner, you know. His Central Pharmaceuticals is the new kid on the block-he's got a bright future ahead."

"Zane wanted to release the virus, then sell the cure and make a fortune. That part's true. As for the real mastermind, I'm still digging. I don't know if he's just after money or if he's got bigger plans."

Tracey's brow furrowed as she exhaled sharply, but she didn't look all that surprised.

She'd already guessed as much before Tarquin spoke.

"So who is this guy?"

Tarquin admitted, "There's a suspect, but no hard evidence yet. Why? Did something happen with the virus?"

Tracey's face turned serious. She fixed Tarquin with a look.

"This virus-did it come from overseas?"

"...Yeah."

fists,

she slammed her hand on the table. "Those bastards! What, do they think they can wipe us

blinked, caught off

could ask anything,

some rest. And don't mention I talked to you,

the dark a bit longer-she tends to

left a bit bewildered, a dozen questions swirling in his

pushed his curiosity aside, said his

the lab. She grabbed the vial with the virus sample, stuck a label

She opened

Safe, tucked the

right after 1, 2, 3,

6,

st

...

got back to the bedroom, Elysia was

face was all twisted up-caught somewhere between relief and worry. Seeing Tarquin, she sat up in bed and whispered, "Is everything taken care of?" She was talking about the poachers they'd sent off to that cave in the woods. "Yeah, all done," Tarquin

glanced at their sleeping daughter, then leaned over and kissed Elysia on

the bed, pulling her gently into his

head on

Grandma about the