Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 1418

The mysterious caller said,

"I'd love to come, but I can't risk it. If I show up, you'll just nab me. Way too dangerous."

Tarquin didn't reply. He lit a cigarette, took a slow drag, and stared out the window.

"Is it you?" he finally asked.

The caller shot back, "Is it who?"

Tarquin said, “My dad treated you pretty well back in the day. You used to be a real patriot, too."

The mysterious man let out a low, creepy chuckle.

"Patriotism? Please. I love money more. Why don't you take a guess who I am? If you get it right, I'll come see you tomorrow."

Tarquin said nothing. He wasn't about to say the name on his mind—not until the last possible second. What if he was wrong? It could put him in the crosshairs.

He took another puff, tapped the ash into a coffee mug, and kept his tone steady.

"If you want the real Gen-8 virus, you'll have to come see me in person. No show, no deal."

The caller replied,

yet. Once you do, I'll come

He sighed,

us for being ruthless. They were the

Poured in a fortune. You think we'd just let them walk off

to

out of their league, trying to

tightened, his

my parents. Aren't you a Zhinorian too?

laughed. "Who told you I was

shot back,

Never said I wasn't. Why don't

mood for games. "Why'd you call

if I told you I just want to keep

Tarquin was silent.

The man continued,

how much you loved your parents. Thinking about them must really

you. I cared about your folks too. If they hadn't gone down the wrong path, we might have been good

ash. "If there's nothing else, I'm hanging

had gone astray. He

the caller said. "There's something I don't get. The antidote your team developed it

what we know, she's

it, or do you have some new genius on your

time you went to Darkfort City, I doubt