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?"

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 else why would

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

Charles was running out of patience, and when it came to Noelle, he never felt he had

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

Jade adopting Noelle wasn't by

more than we do Peter suggested with a sharp edge to his voice. "Oh, and there's

"What?"

your wife's granddad, has some serious ties to the Jabs

back, totally confused.

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