Chapter 16
Not one person sitting inside the den looked in any direction but Layne’s. The weight of their eyes amplified his desire to walk away. He didn’t want his personal life on display while his family skeletons leapt from their closets.
The bomb his mother dropped detonated the second she opened her mouth. Chaos loomed in the aftermath, leaving a wake of confusion and contempt. He prayed he’d misunderstood.
His mother didn’t… She would never… But what if she had? It would mean he and Dylan were…
“How is this possible?” Delia’s voice wavered from the archway. She gazed at Layne, his father, and his mother before shaking her head. The reality of it all spun her energy. Confusion and denial triumphed. “How can Layne be Nate’s son, let alone his firstborn?”
“It’s obvious,” Captain L
