"Dad, what was that about?" Jude asked as soon as he was alone with Mr Lawson.
"What was what about?" Mr Lawson asked with a quiet tone.
Jude stared at his father intensely, trying to figure out how to go about asking him concerning Hilary.
What if Hilary was lying?
But it seemed unlikely that she was lying, especially from the way his father was smiling.
He had to be up to something for him to smile like that.
"Why did you ask me to show Mr Gale's daughter around? What was so important that you were talking about with Mr Gale and I couldn't listen to him?" Jude asked.
"Business," his father answered abruptly.
Jude frowned.
If his father was talking about business, that was more reason he should have been present during their discussion, since he was now in charge of the fami
