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?"

Dante were privy to. They had been helping Arthur look for someone ever since he returned to the country.

found out!"

Just now?" Shane was

"You mean Vivienne is your daughter? But wasn't she

might just be

so much like Winnie, and though he hadn't met Karen, the brief conversation with

been searching for

Karen was Scott's girlfriend... It's

secrets. However, they

the Winnie in Arthur's heart, after so many years apart, who knew if she had

"Vivienne is my daughter! She's the

him, but he was certain she was his

found someone else after leaving Scott, any child she had would be under eighteen

Vivienne was already twenty-one.

sliced

and he could confirm whether she was Winnie.

a lead? He'd been searching slowly because he lacked any clue. Now with a clue in hand, why

and Dante

"Enough with the chatter. If my wife gets

Vivienne again. Whatever she needs, give

Dante were

one causing trouble for Vivienne

Why would I

Shane, Dante: ...

chance to respond, Arthur instructed the driver

quiet, with fewer than a dozen people including

arrival, one of the researchers

was taken aback for a

anyone in the lab

has informed us of your visit. Please, follow me," the researcher said, leading

under Brody's charge, had her own set of labs here, normally off-limits