Elijah interrupted him, “The man that fed you is as much your father. ”

“He was a good man and a father figure to you, but was he your biological father? “

Amelia whispered the last words scarcely stammering ‘You are my father,’ Amelia murmured.

Elijah now nodded and there was a combination of concern and satisfaction on his face. "Yes. "

He let her try to assimilate this information and seconds later, they were both quiet. All her orientation was altering, and her outlook on life itself was adjusting to make place for this new revelation.

“Does Bruce know?” she questioned him rather impatiently

Elijah shook his head. “No,...