The question sent me into a frenzy because I wasn't expecting it. I jolted, then abruptly looked around the living room. I was looking for Aiden, hoping he didn't hear what Emily had just asked.

Emily spoke up. “He is watching his favorite cartoon in the bedroom. He can't hear us.”

Truly, I could hear his laughter from his bedroom.

Eleanor stared at me as if she just realized what Emily had asked. She slowly looked back at Garth in the magazine and looked back at me with shock.

“Garth and Sebastian are brothers related by blood.” Eleanor started like she was thinking aloud. “And when you look at Aiden,...