Tracey’s face twisted in anger as she spoke, her voice trembling with outrage.
“They want me gone. I’m just an obstacle to them and their bioweapons. If I’m out of the way, nothing stands between them and wiping out my people—my home!”
She slammed her fist on the counter, her eyes blazing. “Let them keep dreaming! As long as I’m breathing, I won’t let them succeed!”
“Just because I’ve gone off the grid doesn’t mean I’m powerless!”
“As long as I’m alive, as long as I can fight, they’ll never use those horrors to hurt my people or destroy my country!”
Her hands shook as her fury grew, and she started coughing from the emotion.
Tarquin snapped out of his shock and rushed to refill her mug with steaming tea.
“Grandma, please. Take it easy.”
Tracey took several deep breaths, but the anger didn’t leave her eyes. The memories of what those people had done to her—how they’d tried to ruin her—still burned hot inside her.
“I’m a doctor, Tarquin. People call me the heir to Hippocrates. I love my country, and I love my people!”
“If I had my way, I’d spend every day in the hospital or the lab, trying to make a difference for everyone.”
“But those bastards wouldn’t allow it! They thought I was too good at what I do, that I got in their way, so they tried to get rid of me. Cowards! Snakes! Absolute scum!”
Right now, Tracey looked just like the die-hard fans you see at a football match—finding out their favorite team got cheated out of a win. She was fired up, filled with righteous fury.
Tarquin’s brow furrowed as he listened, his face darkening.
He’d always known there were other countries who looked at theirs with envy, but he hadn’t realized just how far they’d go—how ruthless they could be.
It was more twisted, more evil than he’d imagined.
When Tracey finally calmed down a little, Tarquin asked quietly, “Was it really that bad? You and Grandpa, faking your deaths and going into hiding—was it all forced on you?”
Tracey neither nodded nor shook her head.
“There’s always pressure. But there’s also duty.”
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The readers' comments on the novel: Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem
For real you have been too slow in updates...
Hey please no more hitching yes I know am hitched but save me 🥺...
Hitched and hitched again indeed I am hitched too with the drama but please 🙏🏽 upload more not forget you guys...
Now am left in suspense , I guess I have to take a nap till the next update But the book is good . I had taken long time without reading a thrilling content that could keep me looking 👀 till sunset , so I give you thumbs up...
Oh, it should be Keit's doing, I am wondering why he do this thing he might be related to the Bradford or he's one of Bradford's enemy sons take revenge. Thanks for the update greatly appreciated :))...
What happen to the admin who translated this book why there's no update for a long time, please please post a new chapter, we greatly appreciate :)) Thanks in advance...
I still believe Zane is the mysterious man ........
My instinct told me that the mysterious guy is ZANE...
Why the translator always used the word stepdad this made me confused coz Tarquin is not their stepdad Tarquin is their biological dad ........
AHHHHHH the man is really stupid ..... Thanks for the update morex6 please :)...