Chapter 736: Only Spectre Can Save Dad

Woods stood behind him, scratching his itchy face. "Miss, maybe we should go back," he suggested. Tina was a smart woman, that was clear to see.

Even if she hadn't noticed something was amiss, Jared surely would have sensed something was off.

He didn't understand what she was thinking.

She had only dropped Elsa off at the suburban mall and then went off to suffer in this place by herself.

Who would actually come looking for them?

Woods looked down, cursing in his mind, yet he dared not speak the truth aloud.

Ella Bailey was growing impatient.

It was nearly four or five in the afternoon and still no one had come. Frustrated, she shouted, "Looks like we have to use that method. Let's not wait any longer! We're leaving, and we'll deal with Tina later!" A day later, at the Pace family home.

Ruud had been busy with affairs at the X Bureau and rarely came home.

His father was taking a nap in his room, and he let him be.

He went upstairs alone, opened his father's bedroom door, and saw the old man lying on a rocking chair, eyes closed, resting.

Boris, sitting beside the old man, turned around when he heard the noise.

masked his irritation, stood up, and approached

stop him mid-sentence, "Father is

flickering with impatience, but outwardly he nodded respectfully, tiptoeing back

were nervously clasped

gaze fell on his father's face, his

was recovering well? He doesn't

In the sunlight.

pale it was

were chapped, and the cheeks that once had some flesh had now sunken

when he

this world at any moment; if not for Ruud still feeling the old man's faint breathing, he might have

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hide it from you. It's

down, "If you ask me, father trusts Jared too much. He thinks Jared wouldn't harm him, but who can know what that kid really thinks? Especially his wife, it took the Reed family a long time to find out she was their daughter, and not long after, the Reed family fell into ruin. I heard it had something to do with her. If Jared could marry such a woman,

supplements that Jared brought that poisoned him initially. Now, seeing the toxins still in his system, his health declines day by day. I think, only Spectre might be able

"Spectre?"

person is elusive, not

her. Knowing Tina as he did, Ruud understood that using his authority to pressure her would likely fail to persuade her. It was an ideal scenario for a showdown between the two, from

think we still need to capture Jared. He administered the poison, so he

Boris rambled on.

down Spectre. A professional nurse will be arriving in a few days to

deceive, was shocked to find

failure, yet I've stayed by our father's side for so many years. No one knows his health better than I do. Introducing a stranger suddenly, I fear father won't

disturbed by their voices. Groggily opening his eyes and casting an ambiguous glance at Boris, he muttered, "I agree with your brother. You're

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