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?"

hesitated, taking a long moment before he finally 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 unique about her background, or

holidays, so I figured you weren't in a rush. I've been on it, but I need a

can't wait any longer. What have you got?" Charles was running out of patience, and when it came to Noelle, he never felt he

right, Noelle isn't 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

Noelle wasn't by chance.

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

"What?"

teacher, Sebastian, who's also your wife's granddad, has some serious ties to the Jabs family in Cascade

who looked back, totally confused. "Why

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