Secrets Of The Neglected Wife: When Her True Colors Shine

Chapter 117: After descending the winding mountain road, Allison headed her car back toward Muisvedo, her attention divided between driving and a phone conversation with the director of the MDH Pharmaceutical Research Institute.

So, you're telling me that The drug is still in the experimental phase.

How much time do we have left, he asked, his voice high with impatience.

If Allison wanted to discover the truth about Kinslee, she first had to find a way to treat his condition.

Alzheimer's.

Miss Clarke, as you know, Alzheimer's research is a difficult path.

We have been working on it for years, but there are no quick solutions.

That said, we have made progress.

The drug is advancing in trials, but it requires more time, the voice on the other end explained cautiously.

Allison knew there were no shortcuts: rushing could have disastrous results.

He couldn't afford to use an unreliable treatment on Kinslee.

After a brief conversation, she ended the call and turned her attention back to the road.

When she finally reached Muisvedo, the warehouse that housed the server loomed before her, hidden in a maze of alleys and parked cars.

As he exited the vehicle, his attention was drawn to a huge electronic billboard across the street.

Its colorful poster advertised a series of comics.

New series by original artist Onyx Jiménez, now on sale! Several young women with megaphones were enthusiastically promoting the latest news.

Nearby, a group of fans was buzzing with enthusiasm.

Onyx Jiménez is incredible.

He's the sexiest comic book artist there is, one of them exclaims.

Yes, and I've heard that he's young - he's barely twenty - and very easy on the eyes.

Plus, her stories are great, another added.

noise, but something about the art style of the cover caught her

up one of the comics

his expression hardened and his mood changed like a sudden

back instinctively, feeling the unspoken

plot…

his Leswington days, now repackaged

finger traced the

laugh escaped

was an old acquaintance, the

really is so

voice

blinked in

taking the

week he will have a signing event at the

like her work, you should

huh Allison mused, putting down

to rush, but for something as fun

for a moment before asking, "Do you know him?" Allison's lips curved into a

No.

pulled a trick like this, there was no chance he wanted her to find

Everything fell into place.

made sense that Onix would

thought their paths would cross again, especially not in

would have barged in, demanding answers from anyone

days were behind

her priority was

off the day in a steamy shower, and lay on the

servers in ages, and even a little troubleshooting had left her with

exhaust

her eyes get lost in the moonlight that spilled onto the floor through the

thoughts drifted to the mountain that awaited her:

a thorn in his side, there was the one

to get on her side,

was the key that would allow him to take Kinslee abroad to receive the treatment he so

corner of its past

could be