CHAPTER 38
LUKE AND NICK made the drive back to the house without further incident. The place was still lit up like a nightclub by emergency service vehicles, blue and red lights flashing everywhere, so Nick parked at the far end of the driveway.
“You okay, buddy?” Nick asked when Luke didn’t move.
“Yeah. Just thinking.”
Which was always dangerous. Luke got out of the car and shuffled towards the house, thankful that Tia had gone to bed. He wanted to tell her they’d caught the kidnapper, but at the same time, he didn’t know how to explain that Simon Howard appeared to be a relative. They’d gone through their whole lives believing it was just the two of them and their mother. The news he had a half-brother was still sinking in, not to mention the shock of Howard being a criminal. How wo
