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“I let it, ha that’s rich! The Bennetts took it! I was the victim. The billionaire’s bastard! I managed to confiscate a bar glass with his DNA on it and had a paternity test. A look in the mirror would have proven it without the science, but armed with the evidence, I met with him. Five million would have been a drop in the bucket. He refused. He had the gall to laugh at me!”

“That’s when you turned your sights on me isn’t it? You tampered with my brakes. You tried to kill me.”

“I wanted to destroy my father, take something from him equal to what he had robbed me of.”

“Your mother.”

“Yes.And you,in your ivory tower, buffered by more money than could be spent in three lifetimes, while I could barely get by.”

All the anger had drained from Kyle and he felt an enormous loss for what could have been a completely different story. He had lost a brother before he’d ever found him.

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Finn was sandwiched between Kyle and Ella on the ride home. The police had taken a brief statement, but Kyle was expected back at the station after he got Finn settled in. When they pulled up to the front doors, Kyle saw that his father’s car was still parked there.

Ella said, “I’ll put Finn to bed to give you some time with your father.”

“Grandpa’s here?”

“Yes, but you need to go straight to bed.”

“I want to say hi first.”

Ella met Kyle’s eyes and shrugged. “Just for a minute then you’re off to bed,” Kyle said.

“Okay.”

“Grandpa!” Finn ran to his grandfather who was sitting at the kitchen island drinking coffee and talking with Richard Drake.

James Bennett’s eyes glistened with tears. “Finn, thank God you’re all right!” He squeezed the child in a tight bear hug, the tears escaping and slipping down his cheeks.

“Yeah, my nanny took me to spend the night with her accounta dad being busy, but then there was this bad guy there. It was weird but I wasn’t scared.”

Everyone’s eyes were suspiciously bright as Finn proudly announced his bravery. “That’s good little guy. You were very brave.”

“I kept asking Lindsey to take me home then that guy yelled at me. Ella, we saw him at the place where we bought those toys, remember?”

“I remember.”

“He was kind of weird and mean but I knew Lindsey liked him, so I figured he wasn’t taught his manners.”

They all laughed with relief that Finn seemed to come out of this unscathed. It appeared as if he never knew he was in any danger until the rescue.

“Come on Finn, I’ll put you to bed,” Ella said.

“Will you read me a story?”

“Absolutely.”

“Night everybody,” Finn said walking to each person and giving them a hug.

“I’ll be heading back to the station after I talk with father,” Kyle said quietly to Ella.

“I’ll be here. I’ll probably crash in Finn’s room until you get back.”

“I’ll come get you.” He leaned down and kissed her.

After they left the room, Richard got up and cleared the counter, then said goodnight, leaving father and son alone.

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