The Million-Dollar Heart

Outside the courthouse, Arthur hopped into his car without a second glance.

Seeing this, Shane hurried over, his voice full of panic. "Arthur, you're leaving just like that?"

Arthur waved dismissively, "Yeah, I'm off. You guys head back!"

Shane was visibly frustrated. "But how are we supposed to explain this to the boss? We were sent here on a mission!"

"What's there to explain? I've been single for nearly fifty years for the sake of the country. Do I not deserve a wife and kids for my sacrifice? Doesn't the boss owe me that much?" Arthur declared righteously.

Shane was speechless. "You've got a point, but you haven't found your true love yet. You randomly decided to hand Harrison and Gavin over to Vivienne, and now the higher-ups are going to be furious. Those two were key to wrapping this whole operation up..."

Before Shane could finish, Arthur cut him off, "Nothing is more important than finding my wife and daughter! Tell the boss I'm done. I'm off to find my wife!"

"What?"

Shane and the newly arrived Dante were stunned.

Was this even allowed?

Quitting on the spot without a formal resignation?

He was just going to leave with a few words?

Shaking off his shock, Shane quickly said, "Look, Arthur, we're all for you finding a wife, but that doesn't mean you have to quit your job!"

He hadn't heard the conversation between Arthur and Vivienne in the courtroom.

"It absolutely does! I've already managed to upset my own daughter! If I don't make it up to her by sending those two her way, who's going to take care of me when I'm old?" Arthur exploded.

"What?" Shane and Dante were utterly confused. "Daughter? Arthur, since when do you have a daughter? How come we didn't know?"

They had been helping Arthur look for someone ever since he returned to the country. Yet, they hadn't

just found

Just now?"

on the uptake, suddenly asking, "You mean Vivienne is your daughter? But wasn't she

just be Winnie!"

wasn't clueless. Vivienne looked so much like Winnie, and though he hadn't met Karen, the brief conversation with Vivienne was enough for

Winnie he had been searching for might

girlfriend... It's

Vivienne, the Brooks family's scandal had sealed many secrets. However, they had discovered that Vivienne

after so many years apart, who knew if she

glared at Dante. "Vivienne is my daughter! She's the

but he was certain she was his

had found someone else after leaving Scott,

Vivienne was already twenty-one.

sliced it, she

at Karen, and he could

bother with a slow investigation when he had a lead? He'd been searching slowly because he lacked any

and Dante wanted to

Arthur waved them off, "Enough with the chatter. If my wife gets away, are you going to find

she needs,

Dante

causing

questioning me? Why would I

Shane, Dante: ...

respond, Arthur instructed the driver to head straight for

lab was quiet, with fewer than

his arrival, one of the

was taken aback for a moment before

in the

visit. Please, follow me," the researcher said, leading

her own set of labs here, normally off-limits