Chapter 98

The sudden silence in the tent seemed to freeze the air.

Eileen was curiously eyeing two strange men.

A shocked old man. And a middle-aged man who looked worked up.

Eileen grabbed the tent curtain, turning to Egbert, “You’ve got stuff to do, so I’ll just go ask them myself.”

With that, she was about to leave.

“Hold on.” The middle-aged man suddenly blurted out.

Eileen stopped and looked back at him. “You…”

Just then, Egbert stepped forward, grabbing Blake’s shoulder to stop him from speaking.

Blake looked at Egbert.

Egbert turned his head and said to Eileen, “Go on, I’ll stay.”

Eileen didn’t understand what they were up to, she mumbled an “Okay” and left the tent.

The sound of the girl’s footsteps gradually faded away. Only then did Blake somewhat regain his senses.

He closed his eyes, lightly rubbing his temples.

“Egbert.” Derek sat on an uncomfortable folding chair and said in a deep voice, “I need an explanation.”

Egbert glanced at Derek, then patted Blake on the shoulder, signaling him to sit down.

Egbert also pulled over a

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gazes, then started speaking, “Nathan rescued her from a drug

Vietnam.”

a story from a long

on calling Eileen auntie. He had investigated for a long time and most

Nathan led a team that cracked a

and died while trying to escape, and she was

Blake immediately said, “That fits. My sister was kidnapped in

her back to his country at that

Nathan found that his wife Sarah

was seven months pregnant. Excessive sex during pregnancy led to injury, premature birth, and massive bleeding. Nathan was devastated when he heard the news.

had betrayed

seeking medical treatment in the capital and conducting research at the National Science Institute, she even engaged in risky sexual activities during her pregnancy, which resulted in a premature birth and a

baby, due to being born prematurely and with

to the hospital, Sarah had already run away. The baby was in

day, the baby died at three in the morning. Nathan cried

he found to a welfare institution. They told him that younger children were easier to adopt, but finding the child’s biological parents might

Howards returned home from their work outside, but they didn’t see Sarah who

he didn’t. Sarah’s affair and the premature death of her granddaughter were blows that

thought of the baby girl he had sent to the welfare

institution and found out that the child hadn’t been adopted yet. So he went through the procedures and formally

the child Eileen Howard. That was the name

had been switched, and even Sarah probably didn’t expect Nathan to replace the child she had given birth

truth was a friend of Nathan’s, a comrade who had fought with him. It took Egbert a lot of effort to find that retired soldier and get this information.

across from him and calmly said, “Nathan raised her as his own, she was pampered in that

expression turned

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