Chapter 84
“So, Mom had the accident on the very same day! I have a wild guess. The day Tarquin flew back
home, Mom picked him up, and they got it on at the airport, which led to us being conceived. But for
some reason, they didn’t get a good look at each other, so they had no idea they had just hooked up
with one another. And that’s where all the misunderstandings started p>
“Huh?” Evan and Emmett both stared at Elliot.
Their eyes said it all: they didn’t get it, not one bit.
Elliot furrowed his brow and continued, “So, that’s why Tarquin changed the divorce papers, and Mom
just silently admitted to everything because she didn’t know that she had been with Tarquin. She
thought she had actually cheated during her marriage p>
Evan and Emmett blinked, asking, “Then what p>
Elliot explained, “That could explain why Mom came back wanting a divorce from Tarquin, even though
she had seen him several times but didn’t recognize him. Because she had not idea what Tarquin
looked like p>
Evan, still puzzled, asked, “So you mean to say, Mom confused Tarquin and our dad, thinking they
were two different guys, but actually, they’re the same person p>
“Exactly, that’s what I’m saying! Likewise, Tarquin didn’t know that Mom was his wife in
name p>
“Whoa, this is…” Evan scratched his head, “So, tell me, is Tarquin a good guy or a bad guy?” “If you
look at it from his point of view, him saying Mom cheated isn’t exactly wrong p>
“How can you say that? Wasn’t he the one who slept with Mom? He’s the one who wronged her and
then accuses her of cheating p>
“That’s because he doesn’t know that he was with Mom, just like she doesn’t know she
was with Tarquin p>
Evan got all muddled again, “So… so… do we still go after Tarquin for revenge p>
“Yes, we do. No matter what, he hurt Mom’s feelings, and that’s wrong p>
“Yeah, exactly!” Evan nodded vigorously. He was worried Elliot might suddenly say they shouldn’t seek
revenge. Evan didn’t care about the details; anyone who made his mom sad deserved payback!
“But…” Elliot’s tone shifted, “We need to clear up two things first. One, Tarquin didn’t want Mom, and
he was the one who initiated the divorce, so why is he reluctant to go through with it now? Two, what
exactly happened back then? Why did they get intimate but fail to
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see each other’s faces clearly p>
Evan said, “The first point is the most crucial because that’s what’s eating away at Mom. She came
back to finalize the divorce p>
“Right, now things are starting to make sense. Although they didn’t recognize each other, Nola picked
on Emmett at the airport on the day we came back, and you went to settle the score. You ended up
trashing Tarquin’s car, which got Mom and Tarquin tangled up again. Because of that, Tarquin had Mom
taken, but we smoked ‘em out and got her to safety. Then, to get back at him for Mom, we snatched
some of his business deals and cracked his security system as a warning. Plus, I made sure no one
could track Mom! This made Tarquin think that Mom was some big shot who was deliberately making
her presence felt and had a target on his back. That’s why he’s been so fixated on Mom, tossing
attitude her way! The other day, I accidentally overheard Mom talking with her friend, and she
mentioned that Tarquin has been misunderstanding her intentions the whole time p>