Chapter 0374

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While Alden comforted Grace and tried to figure out their next move, he kept glancing at the man driving the elegant car they were in. It was surprising how this stranger had stepped in to help him. Though Alden’s memories of their encounter were still muddled, he felt a deep sense of gratitude for meeting him.

[Ushuaia, one week earlier]

When the car window rolled down, Alden got his first look at the man behind the wheel. The resemblance was uncanny. He didn’t need the man to explain who he was; Alden just knew. But something didn’t add up. His father was supposed to be dead. Unless this man wasn’t who he thought, maybe Maximus, his uncle. That was the only logical explanation for what he was seeing.

“Are you Maximus Palmer? Are you my uncle?” Alden asked hesitantly.

The man behind the wheel smiled faintly and opened his door, stepping out of the car.

“No. My name isn’t Maximus, and I’m not your uncle. I’m your father,” the man said calmly.

His words hit Alden like a thunderclap. This had to be some kind of mistake. As far as Alden knew, his father had died in a car accident years ago..

“You can’t be my father! He’s dead!” Alden said, disbelief etched on his face.

before him looked youthful in some ways, but certain features betrayed the passage of time. Leaning on a cane, he walked toward the railing of

was dead now be standing in front of you?” he said, gazing out at the

some space while I keep an eye on the area,” Theodore said, stepping away to give them privacy.

“Thanks,” Peter replied.

steps away, moved closer. “Why? Where have you been all this

not even sure how many, but the doctors always brought me back,” Peter said,

began to surface, He sighed and turned

to know what happened?”

to know why you never showed up, why my mother cried for you. And look at you–you’re alive!” Alden’s voice cracked with anger and

of Alden’s mother caught his attention. He didn’t remember her clearly, only vague images and recent photos that Theodore had shown him.

someone tipped me off that they were coming for me. I still don’t fully understand why, but I know

your life?”

see people who were part of my past, I get flashes of memory, but I can’t recall

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Chapter 0374

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