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.

into their

knew they were

into our families” sparked a whirl of questions in

intent behind Wallace’s

into our

that Amelie’s away, let’s reconvene in a

the study

making his way

Bryson caught only a shadowy glimpse of

Click!

reached Bryson’s ears,

sliver in the curtain, he saw Wallace slipping behind the cabinet in the

the secret door

search had been fruitless: a hidden space

the moment, Bryson emerged from his cover and exited the

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