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"She used to say you had a divining rod for the truth" Jake said softly

"Divining rod?"

"You know, those things some people swear can find water"

"Oh" I nodded "So ell of truth have I discovered Jake?"

He laughed but then grew serious quickly

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"I know Megan is really your lass "I always knew"

"Grandmother Hudson told you?" He nodded

"What else did she tell you?" He looked up

"Not long before she died, she told me how you hunted down your real father in London" he said

"I didn't exactly hunt him down"

"Those were her very words I just knew she would do it, she said Frances wasn't angry about it She was impressed with your resourcefulness"

"Why did she trust you with all these deep family secrets Jake?"

I fixedwine into his glass

"Maybe because she had no one else she really trusted," he said and drank his wine