A short while later, the call finally connected.

Noah's voice came through. "Boss, I figured it out it was your sister who told

Mrs. Byrne."

Andre rubbed his temples. "...Who?"

"Yep, the eldest Miss Byrne."

The Byrne family.

As soon as Jade got the news, she immediately shared it with her sister. "Mia, are you joining this year?"

Before, it was always something-pregnancy, having the baby, grad school-Mia was held up by it all. Now she was finally free and determined to go after her dreams again. There was no way she'd miss this chance.

Leo knew better than to say too much-sometimes, the less you say, the better. So when he saw the announcement, he just quietly deleted it.

Andre thought about his headache of a sister. "Molly never does anything right." Fifteen years of searching, and this is the sister he found.

Noah hesitated. "Boss, maybe... we should postpone the competition?"

Andre shook his head. "No way. If we postpone, Mia's going to start wondering if I'm the one behind The Silent Ring."

Little Henry's ears perked up at that.

in the shower, Mia called her son over. She pulled out a pack of snacks. "Come tell Mom what Daddy was talking about in secret today. This whole bag is yours if you

eyes tracked the snacks as Mia waved them in the air.

huh? Did he mention

treats and

"What?"

again,

"Sweetie, can

"Daddy's—"

the bathroom, towel around

his head away. "Mess

frowned, confused. What does

his still-perplexed

back at the snacks in Mia's hand. While Mia was distracted, he

hand, completely

caught him. Each

one

tuck

"Daddy," Henry replied.

a light tap. "Whose is

lower lip and turned away, refusing to

your mom-get mad, and you won't even look at me. C'mon, who does

his cheeks.

cod. "That's right,

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