The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 384

Scott had mulled over the idea of bringing Brody into the fold more than once, but the folks he had sent out to extend the olive branch had all met untimely ends, and a few had even vanished without a trace, their bones yet to be found.

Those in the know about Brody understood one thing clearly: He was not beholden to any organization. It all hinged on whether he was interested, and no one could force his hand to save or snuff a life. Calista sucked in a sharp breath, the memory of Brody's brutal methods during her treatment sending a shiver down her spine.

Scott exhaled slowly. "You should head back. Get the job done as soon as you can. Once you're back with the Brooks family, don't breathe a word of seeing me. You know what's at stake."

"Yes, I understand." Calista quickly rose, snatching her purse and scurrying out the door.

The room lapsed into a moment of silence as Scott leaned back on the couch, a frown creasing his forehead.

He had overplayed his cards this time.

Vivienne had played him like a fiddle.

The lab had been a pet project of the boss, meticulously overseen to completion. Neither sensor probes nor thermal imagers could detect an exit.

Vivienne had been calm, deliberately cryptic.

And with his cover blown, he had mistakenly thought the lab's location had been compromised.

To think he had actually led Vivienne and Percival straight to the lab.

What a blunder.

Scott chuckled wryly, a shade of melancholy crossing his face as he murmured, "As expected from your daughter, Karen."

At Percival's private clinic, Vivienne treated two children whose lives had been hung by a thread.

Thankfully, they were regaining vitality, and their hearts were beginning to regenerate.

close observation over the next few

parents had been located and

I can't tell these kids are twins. Aren't twins supposed to be spitting images of each other?" Leopold peered through the glass of the incubator at the two infants. Vivienne playfully smacked his

back of his head. "Vivienne, you must've

A man and a woman said in

taken aback, eyed the pair-Vivienne and the unwilling-to-admit-it Percival. "Alright, a duet

arm around Vivienne's waist. She looked every bit the intelligent beauty in her white lab coat, her hair pinned up in a bun, loose strands framing her face. She was a sight to behold. His wife was beautiful in every

approached. "Percival, the kids' parents have

"Yasmine, Natalia."

female voice echoed from behind

woman in her mid-thirties, dressed

together. We need

man in a suit, none other than Yuri Perez, the fourth son of

the children's parents," Yuri said as he supported Zelda, politeness in his

look, but they can't leave just yet. They need more

stepped aside to let Yuri and Zelda see

she had not yet passed on. Revealing their suffering to their mother seemed

could not bear to see

It's all my fault." Zelda's tears streamed down the glass as

"Zelda, it's not your fault. Please,

Percival quietly left the family to their moment, relieved that the children's condition was stable and no longer required her constant attention. Outside

feel like I've seen that Yuri somewhere

"I thought I was

on Yuri, she felt as if she had known him long ago, and there was a

out Vivienne's name from

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