Chapter 121: Who’s Playing Games With Me?

"I didn't expect to visit you here..." I said softly, gazing at Randall's tomb.

I had placed him in a mausoleum, partly for my mom's peace of mind. I wanted her to feel he was resting in a dignified place.

. I knew how much she had loved him and how hard it was for her to keep living, knowing he was gone.

"Wherever you are, I hope you're safe. That's what Mom would want for you too," I murmured, placing a bouquet of flowers on his tomb before bowing my head in respect.

After spending some time there, I returned to my car. I hadn't realized how much I'd been driving all day, and my body was starting to feel the strain.

As if on cue, Evangeline texted, asking me to meet her at a bar. Of course, I picked the place.

"Are you getting drunk again?" she asked when she saw the number of bottles on the countertop. I ordered many. "Are you a drunkard?"

I chuckled and shook my head. "No. I just wanted this place to be my endgame."

After all, it was where it all began.

This bar is where I first met Senator Windwood... and Ash. Out of all the places I'd been today, no one would guess where I hid the SD card.

As I sipped my drink, an unknown number called me. A strange feeling crept over me as I answered.

"Clever, Sapphire," a distorted voice said through a voice changer.

It had to be the person following me earlier. The fact that they had my number meant they were close.

game?" I teased. I heard them chuckle on the other line. "Figure it out. Find where I hid the one thing that can destroy you."

uncover their identity. Was it my father... or someone

computers and keyboards, some of which were glowing. The sight made me grimace as I

said, handing

to use a voice changer, but I had a hacker on my side. "Thanks." Kesha inserted the

of indecipherable code and data scrolled across her screens, and just looking at it

turned my attention away, unwilling to let

done yet?" I

seriously, keeping her eyes

seven thirty in the morning. If this wrapped up soon, I might still make it to the Parker Company's board meeting at eight o'clock. Missing it wasn't an option. This person

across her keyboard

intense work. But instead, she spoke in a tone that immediately made me

conversation recorded with a voice changer isn't easy to undo... but this one

the hell did that mean? I knew what encryption was, but what did

of what you just said, Kesha. Can you explain it in

meeting. I'd sacrificed that meeting

in the recording you gave me. It contains another file... and I think it might have the person's

"This is your expertise, Kesha. It's

fleeting moment, I considered giving the recording to Tanner instead. But what if he was the one who had called me? I recalled all the contents of the SD card-but nothing else stood out. There had to

it would put the entire organization at risk," Kesha said, snapping me out of

my blood boil. How could a

just a conversation!"

"Whoever this person is,

to keep my composure.. I took it from

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