Nick was sure he wasn't being followed by the time he arrived in front of Lydia's house. He felt sure there was no tracking device attached to his body. That was why he dared to hide in Lydia's house for hours.
And he was pretty sure no one would recognize him when he came out of the girl's house with a much-modified figure.
Then, how did the older man know it?
"You think you're smart for tricking my men. Of course, you are clever because you are my son. But you forgot something important." Conn Allanach gave his youngest son a crooked smile, making Nick feel something burning called anger inside of him wanted to burst.
He lived at his father's house until he was nine before he moved to New York and his sister. Even though he lived with his father and knew his father had sent him to school and provided for all his needs, Nick didn't know what kind of father he was.
Conn Allanach rarely came home, and if there weren't a family photo album in his house, Nick probably wouldn't have recognized his own father when he passed the older man on the street.
Nick even considered Conn Allanach as a stranger. He had always known Conn Allanach was not the father figure he admired. He had only been able to feel the parental love of a father and mother since he entered the Larsons.
At first, Nick hoped his father intended to mend the familial bond that never existed between father and son. But who would have thought he saw his father's true colors right now.
"Before I handed you over to the Larsons and entered the north, I injected a tracking device inside your bodies."
Wendy and Nick gasped in surprise, not expecting their father's announcement. The two did not expect their father to have the heart to insert a tracking device into their bodies.
"Through the tracking device, I knew you were in the girl's house for hours. And I know you went to see Declan Black too."
"..." Nick was too shocked and confused that he couldn't even think.
He thought Wendy was just joking when he said their father treated them as tools, but he didn't expect that it was the fact.
"Now, my son. What were you talking about with Declan Black that night? Are you guys talking about Frontier Shadow or… the god eyes project?"
Nick's face was now filled with confusion and anxiety because he didn't expect his father to be watching the movements of his two children all this time. Did that man know that he was a member of Frontier Shadow when he communicated with them?
No. Nick didn't know where FS's main base was, and he's never been there. His father wouldn't know about this.
But what confused him the most was, how did his father know about the god eyes project? Isn't it only FS who knows because they got this secret info from Oscar Security with great difficulty?
Or is there a mole in FS?
"You said I am your son. But not only did you imprison your children in the basement jail, but you also inserted tracking devices into our bodies. Why should I answer your question? Besides, I don't have the answer to what you want to know. Even if I had it, I wouldn't tell it to someone like you."
"You stubborn boy. You're just like your mother. So stubborn and strong-willed." Conn Allanach let out a resigned sigh, knowing he wouldn't get anything out of his youngest child. "Alright, I don't care about FS or whatever. Kaylee is dead, and all that's left is Roxanne. Since the FS leader is gone, sooner or later, the organization will collapse."
Wendy lowered her head at her father's words. She didn't know how her father found out, but it seemed Roxy's identity wasn't a secret anymore.
"What do you mean Kaylee is dead? Did you hurt her?" Unfortunately, Nick was still clueless and believed his sister's best friend was Kaylee and not Roxanne.
"Why should I hurt her? Even if I wanted to hurt her, I would have done so long ago. I just didn't want the unknown Frontier Shadow to unite with Oscar Security, so I looked for a way to prevent their marriage."
So… Conn Allanach came to the south just to prevent 'Kaylee' from marrying Declan?
"But that is no longer necessary. The one who will marry Declan Black is Roxanne. That girl has nothing to do with FS, so I have nothing to worry about."
Nick felt his brain was processing too much and couldn't comprehend a single word of his father. Had he lived in North America so long that he had forgotten his mother tongue?
"What are you talking about? What do you mean Declan is getting married to Roxanne? Roxanne is dead, isn't she?"
"Why don't you ask your sister? It seems that she already knows her best friend's little secret."
Nick turned to Wendy and asked in a demanding tone. "Gwen, what is he talking about?"
Wendy let out a resigned breath before answering her brother. "Kaylee is Roxy. The one who got on the plane years ago and left us was Kaylee."
"What? What do you mean?"
"I'm telling you, Kaylee is Roxanne. Roxy lost her memories and thought of herself as her sister. That's why she acts like Kaylee and makes everyone believe that she is Kaylee. But the truth is…." Wendy took a deep breath before continuing her words, "She's Roxanne."
"I… I don't understand."
"Who is good at playing the piano, and who is good at playing the cello? Kaylee could play the piano, but she could never match Roxy. On the other hand, Kaylee played the cello, but never once did the Kaylee we know to play it."
Nick felt his chest rumble loudly, and his head felt as if it had been hit by high-voltage electricity.
"Kaylee is Roxy, Nick. Roxy is still alive, and Kaylee… we lost her."
Kaylee is Roxy? And Kaylee, whom he's known for so long, is dead?
Shit.. He made a huge mistake. He shouldn't have told Declan that Kaylee was the leader of the FS!!