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?"
It's weird, but Noelle's past isn't as straightforward as it seems. Everything I've dug up has been tampered with.
was fully alert now. "You didn't ask me before the holidays, so I figured you weren't in a rush. I've been on it, but I need
out of patience, and when it came to Noelle, he never felt he had
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
lips tightened. "So, Julian and Jade adopting Noelle wasn't
to know more than we do Peter suggested with
"What?"
Sebastian, who's also your wife's granddad, has
up at Sean, who looked back, totally confused.
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