Flora’s Guide to a Second Chance at Love and Life novel Chapter 1997

It didn’t take long before they were standing face-to-face with the director of the Country M research base.

Before Jackson or Fiona could say a word, the director hit a button, and two people appeared behind them almost instantly.

Jackson’s entire expression changed in a split second. Those two people—it was his parents. The ones he’d spent years searching for.

Fiona’s temper spiked the moment she realized what was happening. She moved closer to Jackson, glanced up at his tense profile, and whispered, “Jackson?”

She could see the pain written all over his face, the heartbreak in his eyes.

“I’m okay, Fiona. Don’t worry about me,” he said softly, but she saw the truth—the longing and panic he was trying so hard to hide.

Really, who could stay calm in this situation? After all these years, his parents were right in front of him. No one else could understand what that felt like.

The research base had always seemed to have the upper hand—until this arrogant cyborg tried to take over by swapping identities.

But a cyborg will always be a cyborg. No matter how well it mimics a real person, it can never really escape its own programming.

“Come here quietly, or I’ll kill them. You’ve been looking for them for years, haven’t you? They’re right in front of you now. What are you waiting for?” the director taunted.

His words had barely faded when a sudden explosion rocked the building. The entire electrical system blew, backup generators and all.

The cyborg was totally unprepared, staring around in confusion.

Then, the two figures beside him collapsed, black charging cables falling limply behind them.

Jackson didn’t even get a chance to say a real goodbye.

The truth was, they’d already figured out—these weren’t his real parents, just unfinished cyborg copies.

The scientists at the base had experimented on Jackson’s parents again and again, but no matter how hard they tried, they couldn’t make perfect duplicates. In the end, his real parents died in the lab, and the research stalled.

That’s when they set their sights on Jackson and Fiona. If the parents were so hard to copy, maybe the children—both so talented—would make even better test subjects.

The base’s ambition was obvious to everyone, and the authorities wasted no time distancing themselves from the whole mess.

They’d wanted to control the world by mass-producing cyborgs. Thank goodness Jackson and Fiona managed to destroy everything, and with the government stepping in, all those cyborgs were rounded up and destroyed.

After it was all over, Jackson and Fiona headed home to the States.

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