Patricia was absolutely taken with Hailey. The sight alone puzzled Christian, but he wisely decided not to say anything.

‘If this gets into dangerous territory, I’m going to have to put a stop to it,’ he thought to himself as he watched the girl playing with his younger sister in the living room.

Patricia wanted to play tag, which was really childish and he wanted nothing to do with it, so only she and Hailey were the participants.

But in spite of himself, he couldn’t help but give Hailey a lingering look. He couldn’t seem to read her. It was as if she had two different personalities.

One moment she...