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,

even found it yet. Once

He sighed,

your parents. Really. But don't blame us for being ruthless. They were the ones who

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

weren't going to

their league, trying to

jaw tightened, his

parents. Aren't you a Zhinorian too? Aren't you worried this

man laughed. "Who told

back,

was. Never said I

"Why'd you call me?

"What if I told you I just want to keep you from

Tarquin was silent.

The man continued,

loved your parents. Thinking about them must really

feel for you. I cared about your folks too. If they hadn't gone down

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

had gone astray. He didn't want

don't get. The antidote your team developed it reminded

we know, she's been dead

it, or do you have

you went to Darkfort City, I doubt you were just there