Chapter 1216

Perseus pulled over by the roadside, taking deep breaths in an effort to rein in his simmering anger. Finally, he spoke into the phone, his voice taut with restraint. "You finally called me." Egbert's voice crackled through the line, sounding eerily familiar yet strangely different. "Is that how you speak to your father now? Has everything I taught you been forgotten?" His tone, once warm and paternal, had turned cold and distant, stripped of any trace of compassion. "Dad, what the hell are you doing? Where are you?" Although Perseus called him "Dad", his tone carried a hint of skepticism. He was doing everything he could to hold back his anger. He desperately wanted to uncover the secrets of the Caitford family. He refused to be a mere pawn in someone else's game or reduced to a tool. "Do you expect me to report my every move to you?" Egbert's response was sharp, tinged with arrogance. Perseus was taken aback. Was he truly the Egbert Caitford he knew, the same man who limped h