Chapter 405

Langston nearly dropped his fork in shock. “1… It’s my neighbor’s sister!”

Everett placed the dishes on the table and sat down in front of him.

“Langston, it’s not good for kids to lie all the time.”

“I’m not lying.”

“You have a sister. Your mom had two kids.” Everett’s words weren’t a question. They were a statement – a statement of certainty.

But that wasn’t the point. The real issue was the panic visible in Langston’s eyes after Everett spoke.

That meant Everett had hit the nail on the head. Even if it took a little cunning to draw it out

“I’m not hungry anymore!” Langston felt like everything was laid bare before Everett, and it was better to just avoid the topic altogether. He tried to put down his fork and leave.

grabbed Langston’s wrist before

need to finish your dinner. Before that, you’re not going anywhere.”

me! I’ll

“Go ahead and cry. No one else lives near the Bay Residence

day here, he’d scanned for electronic devices nearby and found very few, a sure sign that it

some meat and veggies onto Langston’s

taste of

“Then you can’t ask me any more

then asked out of the blue, “Did your

slip–up

I promise I won’t ask any more questions today

you just

didn’t make any promises before. It was you who spoke. Now I’m promising not to ask for the rest of today.”

things. There would be plenty of time later.

now knew he probably had not only a son but also a

it likely wasn’t a lie. So, the sister

Twins, perhaps?

be that he’d accidentally done it

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