“This was a bad idea,” he said, suddenly queasy.
“Too late now to change your mind,” Lindsay replied. “I’m guessing that’s them.”
“Yeah.”
“Who?” Noah asked.
“My ex, her boyfriend, and their son.”
“The son you thought was yours but wasn’t?”
“Yep.”
Lindsay glanced sharply at Henry. “You told him about that?”
He winced. “Just the bare minimum that night you called Max to tell him about Christmas. I should’ve asked your permission before I did, and I’m sorry, but it proved a point.”
“Don’t worry, Mom,” Noah said. “He only told me that he’d been hurt by someone just like Dad and Logan hurt you and that she made him believe he had a son when he didn’t. That’s all.”
“What was the point it proved?”
“That I needed to wait and give you two time to make sure you dating each other isn’t a m
