My Love Until the Last Goodbye by Alut

Chapter 0424

“I’ll get to work immediately,” Frederick assured him.

Marcus ended the call, the weight of the revelation settling heavily on him. If Peter was alive or if someone had gone to great lengths to impersonate him this could unravel everything Marcus thought he knew.

“Marcus, I know you’re thinking about Valerie…”

“I can’t give her news like this, Frederick, especially when we’re not certain about anything. Tell me exactly what happened at the airport.”

“My flight was delayed, so I ended up waiting around and didn’t get here until almost 4:00 AM. While I was going through customs, I accidentally bumped into that man. My cane fell to the floor, and he immediately picked it up for me. Marcus, it was his voice and his face–I’m sure of it But it was like he didn’t recognize me. He just asked If I was okay and apologized, saying he’d been distracted. After that, we both crossed customs, and he quickly walked out of the terminal. I couldn’t follow him.”

“This sounds ridiculous. After all these years? No, it can’t be. The universe wouldn’t be that cruel…”

memory isn’t what it used to be. I’m sure there are things in those files that will interest you–and a few things your wife might need to

I can’t share this with

all the skeletons from those files come crashing out? You need to go through everything carefully and decide your

silent, staring at the

Are you still there?”

were alive. You know I’ve never really been able to accept his death. I’ve just tried to move forward.

Frederick put himself in Marcus’s shoes. The situation was anything but simple. Running into a man who resembled Peter presented a host of complications. What struck Frederick most was that in his years of protecting and working closely with Marcus, he’d learned to read people. The man at the airport hadn’t seemed to recognize him at all, and his apology felt genuine. That

We need to stay calm and think

exhaling deeply. “I’m jumping to conclusions. We need to investigate. Assign

meantime, I need you to go through those files you’ve been avoiding And Marcus, you need to close the Frank Levett

I’ll visit

500 AM, and you haven’t slept. Make yourself a strong coffee, and I’ll see you in the office in a few hours.”