Wallace paused, then responded, “That’s beyond my control.

There was an incident then, and you took him.

Hannah just returned to me after years away, and she matters to me.

From his hiding place behind the curtain, Bryson’s brow furrowed at Wallace’s words.

It was clear that the conversation involved him.

“Don’t you know who I am? After all these years, have you ever heard me disclose anything about Bryson? I always keep quiet about his matters.

His business is my business,” Wallace asserted.

His expression grave, Wallace said, “Now is not the time for this.

If we bring him into our families, we’ll be inviting serious trouble.

him into

Bryson knew they were

the words “bring him into our families” sparked a whirl of questions in Bryson’s

was the intent behind Wallace’s

implications of “bring him into our families,”

away, let’s reconvene

the study

before making his

the curtain, Bryson caught only a shadowy glimpse of Wallace

Click!

distinct click reached Bryson’s ears, his eyes

curtain, he saw Wallace slipping behind the

door shut, all

why his search had been fruitless: a hidden space

emerged from his cover and exited the study, closing the

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