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“Father’s.”
“Your uncle in New York?” I asked.
“That’s the story.”
“You don’t believe it?” I said, putting the last plate away.
He walked around and sat on the back of the sofa. “It’s kind of a long story.”
“I have time,” I teased, slinging the drying towel over my shoulder.
When he smiled, it lit up the world. Oh boy, I was in serious trouble.
“I mentioned before how I’d only seen my uncle once in my life.” I nodded. “He’d come with a choice for my father. Either go back to New York to work for their father or sign away his rights to the company.”
“He signed away his rights,” I said, already knowing this part of the story.
“Dad had a passion for planes. He’d already pissed off his father when he ended up with an aerospace engineering degree and not a business degree of some sort. Dad had used money from his trust fund, and had been taking flying lessons under the radar. Here actually.”
“The airpark?”
“Yes.”
“He came all the way to Maryland for lessons?” I asked.
“Yes. Partly because he didn’t want to be found out. But also because he met someone.”
I grinned, loving the direction the story was going until I remembered his parents weren’t together.
“Unfortunately for him, Natalie was with someone at the time.”
“Oh, her name was Natalie,” I teased.
“It is. But the story gets better.”
I went and sat next to him.
“Tell me more,” I said.
“The thing is, these two were never in sync. When she was single, he wasn’t and vice versa. Dad only gave up when he found out Natalie was engaged.”
“Don’t stop there,” I said, nudging him.
“That’s when he met Mom.”
My jaw dropped. I hadn’t been expecting that. “What happened with Natalie?” I asked.
“She and Mom became best friends. In fact, she was here when my uncle showed up.”
The pieces fell into place. “She’s Liam’s mom.”
“She is.”
“But you don’t think your uncle is Liam’s dad?”
“I think it’s one possibility,” he said.
“And the other?”
