I started crying.
“How is Dad?”
“He’s alive, and he wants you home. But there’s something you need to know.”
He opened his briefcase and removed several documents.
“Your father hired a private investigator after you disappeared. We discovered that Jack wasn’t working in your father’s garden by coincidence.”
I felt the room spinning.
“What are you saying?”
Daniel looked directly into my eyes.
“Jack was sent there by someone who knew about your family’s wealth. His real name isn’t Jack Miller.”
Martha suddenly shouted.
“That’s enough! Get out of my house!”
But Daniel continued.
“His real name is Jonathan Hayes. And he has a connection to a man your father trusted many years ago.”
Before I could ask another question, the front door opened.
Jack had returned.
He froze when he saw Daniel.
For the first time since I had known him, I saw genuine fear in his eyes.
