Chapter 1299

They never expected Tarquin's parents to be tangled up with those kinds of people.

If they'd had any idea, they would've dug up every bit of information about them

ages ago.

Tarquin frowned, his voice steady.

"I honestly don't know exactly why my folks got on their bad side. What I do know is, before my parents died, they left behind something that's really important to them."

"They've been watching me all these years, hoping I'll lead them to it."

"Whatever beef they had with my parents, it probably revolves around that thing."

Tracey's eyes widened. She leaned in, her tone urgent. "What is it? What did they leave behind?"

Tarquin shook his head.

"I wish I knew. My parents died so suddenly, and they never mentioned anything suspicious to me. I've gone through their stuff a hundred times-nothing stands out."

Tracey frowned, pressing further.

Maybe in the medical

his

to do with medicine-they were both more like literary buffs, really. My mom did work for OE News

in surprise, staring

pause, she

this thing is?

Tarquin's shoulders slumped.

over. I keep replaying every little moment we had as a family, but... nothing.

hinted at something

it is, it means a lot to those people. Otherwise, they wouldn't have spent all these years

it must matter to the country, too. Before my parents died, they reached out to the Ministry of National Security. It even

my parents out, but it all went sideways. They

back a

they never

thing, either."

breath, rubbing her temples. After a while,

it's tragic, what happened to

managed to

National Security, and

went straight to the top. The government even sent the military. That has to mean thei

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