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.

Seeing it was Ruud, he quickly masked his irritation, stood up, and approached him, "Brother..."

mid-sentence, "Father is sleeping,

he nodded

nervously clasped behind

Ruud's gaze fell on

the phone that Dad was recovering well? He doesn't look it to

In the sunlight.

complexion was so pale

chapped, and the cheeks that once had

looked even weaker than when he had just woken

feeling the old man's faint breathing, he might have exploded with anger right

a cold sweat, "Bro, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hide it from you. It's all because of father, he didn't want

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

that Jared brought that poisoned him initially. Now, seeing the toxins still in his system, his health declines

"Spectre?"

on his lead, barely hiding a smile, "Yes, but that person is elusive, not easily found by just anyone. I'm just afraid that Dad might not last long enough to find

ways to approach 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 which he could

we still need to capture Jared. He administered

Boris rambled on.

eyes, "I'll send someone to track down Spectre. A professional nurse will be arriving in a few

was shocked to find that

me? Everyone outside says I'm useless. Among all the siblings, I'm the only 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

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

I have more to discuss

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