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

name, Bryson knew they

“bring him into our families” sparked a whirl of questions in

intent

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

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

study

making his way deeper into the

the curtain, Bryson caught only

Click!

Bryson’s

the curtain, he saw Wallace slipping behind the cabinet in

the secret door shut,

realized why his search had been fruitless: a

cover and exited the study,

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