The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 234

Chapter 234

“What?” The old man grumbled as he took the pack of cigarettes Anna tossed to him, skillfully slipping it into his jeans pocket. “People are always rummaging around here, as if there’s something worth finding among all this junk. It’s truly preposterous”

“Has anyone else been here recently?” Anna asked, her face showing signs of concern.

“Yeah. Some weirdos in black suits were here a few days ago and were tossing things around i asked them who they were and got nothing but bad attitude in return” The old man retorted, clearly irked by the disrespect he was given by those men.

“You’re okay, right?” Anna asked, her anxiety mounting.

“I’m fine. I threatened to call the cops, and they ran off The old man puffed out his chest with pride

Anna let out a sigh of relief. She and her friends, Percival and Vivienne, exchanged looks.

“Let’s get what we came for Anna led the way to the basement

Percival and Vivienne followed As Vivienne looked back, she locked eyes with the old man, who snorted before walking away with his head held high

making Vivienne frown.

Inside the basement.

This used to be Karen’s main lab. Upon entering. Vivienne noticed an abandoned 3D bio–printer.

She blinked in surprise, while Percival looked around the lab as a softness crept onto his normally stern face.

When he first visited this lab, he was just a child. At that time, he was completely awestruck by the wonders inside.

the beneficial medical advancements in the world came from here, he

this was

oblivious to their thoughts, headed straight to a hole in the corner. It was the entrance to

down and gently

white heads popped out. They were

they squeaked and retreated back into their hole, only to return shortly

up the vial and rewarded the rats with

the cookies and candy from a 24–hour convenience store earlier, along with the

hungry, not realizing it

descendants of the lab rats used

ask for food I found them to be quite intelligent and unafraid of me, so I decided to hide the

bere

have thought she’d hide something so important

handed

accepted it without a word

going” Percival suggested

squeaking around her feet, and followed Vivienne and Percival out of

emerged, the old

called out to the

a response from a

drove them away, he asked

in a slightly dazed state For years, she had been running and heding, fearful of being discovered by

members

“You have two choices. You can come with me and work

Anna stayed silent

university But dont do anything reckless again. vi

Anna

the sunlight was beginning to peak

at the time It was 6:15 am so peak morning traffic

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