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.

other line. "Figure it out. Find where

uncover their identity. Was it my father... or someone else trying to ruin

was already in her room-a space packed with computers and keyboards, some of

said, handing Kesha

clever enough to use a voice changer, but I had

and data scrolled across her screens, and just looking at it made

my attention away, unwilling to let

you done

she replied seriously, keeping her

the time. It was only 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 wanted me to uncover who they were, while I wanted them to discover where I'd

soared as Kesha's fingers danced across her keyboard at

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

failed," Kesha admitted in a low voice. "A conversation recorded with a voice

that mean? I knew what encryption was, but what did it

don't understand a word of what you just said, Kesha. Can you

that meeting

gave me. It contains another file... and I think it might have

why not decrypt it?" I asked, baffled. "This is your expertise, Kesha. It's exactly why I

fleeting moment, I considered giving the recording to Tanner instead. But what if he was the one who had called me? I recalled all

entire organization at risk," Kesha said,

my blood boil. How could a

a conversation!"

she replied, her tone firm. "Whoever this person is, they

flash drive back to me. Though fuming, I managed to keep

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