Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 1433

Elijah's voice was tight with emotion.

"So Grandma and Grandpa left the virus in Border City?"

Elliot looked confused.

"But Border City's our territory. If they already brought the virus and all the files back home, why didn't they hand them over to the government?"

"Didn't the government send a whole team to greet them back then? Why didn't they turn over the virus and the files?"

Tarquin went quiet, deep in thought. Honestly, he didn't know all the details. But one thing he felt sure of the stuff was still in Border City.

Right before his dad passed away, he'd whispered two words to Tarquin: "Puzzle pieces."

Back then, Tarquin was just a kid. He'd thought his dad was reminiscing about their afternoons spent piecing together those thousand-piece jigsaws, sipping cocoa and munching on chocolate chip cookies.

him slip that battered old puzzle box into the casket with his father-he thought it was just a

and started putting things together, suspicions crept in. He'd wanted to dig up the grave, just to get that

lurking in the background would catch on, so he waited. He told himself he'd grab the puzzle when his parents were

right. When Kendrick mentioned "puzzle pieces" before he died,

saying too much could've gotten them all killed. Kendrick had to keep it cryptic, just in

him. Figuring out how

son's questions as

team was a mole. Your grandparents didn't

files off to someone trustworthy, someone who could sneak them back home. Meanwhile, your grandma and grandpa stuck

chance to tell the authorities what

virus has just been sitting in Border City? And whoever brought it back never

let out

they didn't even realize what they

Dad. Are you sure about where the virus is?" Tarquin shook his head. "No. First, we need to find out who brought it back home." Both his parents had died overseas-it couldn't have

you have any idea

hazy but oddly

"Not sure. But I have a

me and I'll look into him right