Hearing Zachary's tongue twister, Mrs. Thompson's face broke into a smile, but she still complained, "You and your father both have such big hearts—fine, if the mission is classified, I won't ask too much. As long as you're certain your dad won't encounter any danger, that's good enough for me.
I won't say much more; saying too much will only annoy you. But there's one thing I still have to ask you about again, and you have to tell me the truth."
Zachary was somewhat puzzled upon hearing Mrs. Thompson say this. He didn't know what she could possibly want to ask about, especially since everything seemed pretty stable for him recently.
"Mom, you can ask me anything."
"Then, tell me about Walker Violet—after her visit that one time, when you were supposed to pick her up, you said she was tied up with things in Pengcheng and couldn't come over.
