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

research. Poured in a fortune. You think we'd just let

weren't going to let them leak

out of their league, trying to

tightened, his

don't get to talk about my parents. Aren't you a Zhinorian

man laughed. "Who told you I

shot back, "Aren't

"I never said I was. Never said

games. "Why'd you call

I told you I just want to

Tarquin was silent.

The man continued,

much you loved your parents. Thinking about them

too. If they hadn't gone down the wrong path, we might have been good

"If there's nothing

point arguing over whose path had gone astray. He didn't

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

know,

is she faking it, or do you have some

City, I