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.

line. "Figure it out. Find where I hid the one thing that can destroy you." With that, I ended the

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

to the hideout. Fortunately, Kesha was already in her room-a space packed with computers and keyboards, some of

said, handing Kesha a

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

across multiple keyboards. Strings of indecipherable code and data scrolled across her screens, and just looking at it

turned my attention away, unwilling to let it overwhelm

done yet?"

seriously, keeping her

my phone to check 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

Kesha's fingers danced across her keyboard at an impressive speed,

work. But instead, she spoke in a tone that

admitted in a low voice. "A conversation recorded with a voice changer isn't easy to undo... but this one has encryption on top

confused me. What the hell did that mean? I knew what encryption was, but

said, Kesha. Can you explain it

to the board meeting. I'd sacrificed that meeting to be here, and I refused to leave without

hidden in the recording you gave me. It contains another file... and

it?" I asked, baffled. "This is your expertise,

a 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

at risk," Kesha said, snapping me out of

boil. How could a simple recording pose such

a

person

keep my composure.. I took

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