Chapter 687

Tanner immediately held his breath, realizing this was the ticket—his way out. He moistened his lips and lowered his voice. "Alright, I'll come clean. I did steal all the research data on the growth formula from my mentor's lab. That much is known—by me, by Josiah, and by his inner circle." Weber Collin remained expressionless, flicking the edge of the ticket with his finger without a word. Tanner pressed on, his voice taut. "But there's one thing even Josiah doesn't know. Those research files and the actual growth formula were never in my mentor's possession. They were with Willow all along." "It was only... only a few days ago that I found out the truth. The real lead researcher on this project wasn't my mentor—it was Willow. She was the one safeguarding all the critical experimental data. Some of the most vital core findings existed only in her mind. She was... the true backbone of the [Genetic Repair and Cellular Regeneration] project." As he spoke, regret twisted like a knife in T