Charles nodded. "Looks like it." He whipped out his phone and dialed Peter. "Are there any leads on that thing I had you check on?"

"What's up?" Peter grumbled, clearly having been woken up. "This better be good, or you and Sean are on my list for today."

He sounded less than thrilled.

Charles quirked an eyebrow at Sean, a silent question hanging in the air-had he tried to reach Peter too?

Sean just shrugged, and Charles got the message. "So, how's the search for Noelle's family history going?"

spoke. "It's a tough nut to crack. It's weird, but Noelle's past isn't as straightforward as it seems. Everything I've dug up has been tampered with. There's got to be something

holidays, so I figured you weren't in a rush. I've been

What have you got?" Charles was running out of patience, and when it came

Julian and Jade's biological child. That much is clear now. To put it bluntly, she's not a Shaw by blood." That was about all Peter had managed to uncover. "But what's odd is how Samuel and Sebastian treat her. You've seen it too, right? Those two old guys are genuinely fond of

tightened. "So, Julian and Jade adopting Noelle wasn't by chance. They did it on

old timers instead of having me chase shadows. They're bound to know more than we do Peter suggested with a sharp edge to

"What?"

has some serious ties to the Jabs family in

up at Sean, who looked back, totally confused. "Why are you staring at

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