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.

kind of trauma that led him to make such an ill-advised impromptu

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

doing just this, she went on to tuck the children in and

morning, she was up early as she needed to help

tell

sheets and got dressed by her mother, the groggy Vivian snuggled into her mother’s arms and told

A parent-teacher conference?

brightened up spontaneously. “Really? What’s it

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 the children to school

much to it, Mommy. Just a routine meeting to discuss

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

was motivated by the fear

this point, the administrators 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

the day after, and your

“Really?”

children were profoundly excited by this prospect; their dainty faces dimpled as they clustered around Sasha. Even the usually less

to pat their

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

things off with

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