He agreed to the arrangement and followed up by sending over a string of codes as well as the map of a military zone.

Anon was duly satisfied when he received them.

Anon: Excellent, Lieutenant Colonel Jadeson. Many thanks.

Stephen: You’re not to threaten his life. See that you do as you’ve promised.

He seemed to still be conflicted as he did not neglect to remind his counterpart toward the end.

The response which came back, though, was ambiguously expressed.

 

Anon: Rest assured, Lieutenant Colonel, that we’ll do as you asked since you do not wish to see him die at this present time. Trust me when I say that I’m much more competent than anyone you’ve approached before.

The middle-aged man seated in front of the computer abruptly hunched over with his face contorted for a moment as though he had been hit in the gut. Then he slammed his hand on the keyboard and turned off the computer.

 

That was his psychological wound that could not be healed.

Back at Oceanic Estate.

Through Janice’s explanation, Sasha slowly came to understand Jonathan’s plans for her. That hit her like another curveball.

of trauma that led him to make such an

and decided that she would bring this up with Sebastian when she went to him the next day. Since he would be due

settled on doing just this, she went on to tuck

was up early as she needed to help prepare the

told us to tell you about this Friday’s parent-teacher

crawled out from underneath the sheets and got dressed by her mother, the groggy Vivian snuggled into her mother’s arms and told her about

A parent-teacher conference?

brightened up spontaneously.

had never attended such an event as they had been in a constant state of flux ever since the children started attending elementary school. She was so busy that she was only able to send

Just a routine meeting to discuss the student’s

brought this up, Matteo was worried that his mother would find out that it was meant to address the matter of him and

exodus of students was motivated by the fear of being caught in the middle of a cross-fire between the Whites and the

still under the impression that it was systematic issues or the quality of the teaching that led to the mass exodus, hence the school wanted to gather the parents quickly to address their concerns

she listened. “I see. Sure. Friday is the day after, and your Daddy will also be around. Shall

“Really?”

dainty faces dimpled as they clustered around Sasha. Even the usually less

out to

for you. Should Daddy refuse when the time comes, I’ll drag him along even

things off with

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