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 discussing

him into our families” sparked a whirl of

the intent

the implications of “bring him into our families,” Wallace’s voice

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

in the study after ending the

making his way deeper into

caught only a shadowy glimpse of Wallace proceeding

Click!

click reached Bryson’s ears, his eyes narrowing

a sliver in the curtain, he saw Wallace slipping

door

been fruitless: a hidden space lay beyond

emerged from his cover and exited the study, closing

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