Amanda stood up, too. “Yes, if all of this has to do with the killer, why isn’t the chief here?”
Noah decided not to answer their questions, and instead returned his gaze to Emerson. “As I arrived in Cane’s Inlet, imagine my surprise to learn that there was already someone living here with the name of Stephen Hatcher—except, it was Stefan. Whether a typo on the birth certificate, or Barbara misinterpreting it, I’ll never know. But I was immediately faced with a puzzle, if there already was a Hatcher son, the same age as myself and living with his parents, then who was I? The truth of the matter is, Stefan and I were switched at birth. He’s me, and I’m him.”
“What the hell is this?” Emerson blurted out. “Get off this ship at once. You’re fired.”
“But Emerson, didn’t you always want a chi
