The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 653

Griffin fretted that Percival might actually break Leopold in two, so she quickly wheeled his chair away from the scene.

Percival glanced in the direction the pair had escaped.

“Fine,” he thought, “Someday I’ll show ’em some old-school roughhousing!”

“Mr. Wolf, any luck running into Kenneth?” Vivienne strolled up and asked.

Suddenly inspired, she considered creating a new fragrance, a companion to the “Old Man” scent—calling it “Old Ruffian”.

Percival nodded. “Yeah, he looked pretty down, not even watching where he was going.”

“Ah, to be young again.” Karen chuckled.

After a brief discussion outside the ward about Dracon and Gillian’s situation, the group was about to head out for a meal when Karen’s cell phone rang.

It was Willa Perez.

Ever since Karen had returned to the Perez family, Willa had been conspicuously absent.

Karen had tried to reach out a few times, but Willa’s obsession ran deep; she wanted to track down F-Poison before returning to the Perez family.

Karen respected that. Willa had her own path to follow.

The unexpected message from Willa now piqued Karen’s curiosity.

The text contained a photo of a university gate abroad.

That very university was where Flynn had studied overseas—the same place F-Poison had once been.

Karen took a deep breath. “Willa’s on to F-Poison’s trail. Hopefully, she digs up some leads.”

In Scepter Country, Willa stared at the university’s gate and strode through with determination.

The campus was alive with the vigor of youth.

Every student, regardless of gender, wore bright smiles as if nourished by honey.

the field, her attire clashing with the sundresses and t-shirts around

college fashion spared her any undue

few whistle-blowing guys, intrigued by Willa’s

around her, and headed

of a shooting that had occurred

the monument bore inscriptions in

all this time, fresh flowers still lay at

the names and found the one that was both

known

yet it had lain hidden here for so long,

Shameless!

she studied the name, her eyes betraying scorn, anger, and a complex web of

someone so full of venom could be her

Who was her mother?

the purpose

conscienceless monster truly

Willa was baffled.

the point of her existence in

treasures, and

And her?

apology to the world—if there was anything she shared with other children, it

creator’s evil,

as she stared at

sun warmed her jacket, but it

you knew?” A voice came

turned to see an older man dressed as

“No, nobody,” she replied.

It’s best that you’re not,” the man said as he arranged the flowers neatly and wiped the dust from

if he was speaking to himself or Willa when he added, “I was here cleaning when the shooting happened, right in this spot. Scared the daylights out of me, peed my pants even. If it

was taken

to

name, and said, “Yes,

furrowed.

How is that possible?

tell me more about what happened back then? I’m

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