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

to him the next day. Since he would be due to return the day after,

to tuck the children in and slept soundly herself

she needed to

teacher told us to tell you about this Friday’s

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?

spontaneously. “Really?

never attended such an event as they had been in a constant state of flux ever since the children started attending elementary school.

to it, Mommy. Just a routine meeting

find out that it was meant to address the matter

motivated by the fear

might be 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 and at the same time reassure them of

the day after, and your Daddy will also be around.

“Really?”

as they clustered around Sasha.

to

to be there for you. Should

things off with

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