The Years Between Signing and Seeing novel Chapter 317

Aaron desperately wished he had the ability to read minds. It would save him so much mental gymnastics. His boss occasionally gave clear, straightforward orders. Other times, he asked vague questions, expected Aaron to guess the answer, and deemed him incompetent if he failed.

While Aaron wasn't entirely certain of Jamie's intentions, he had a rough idea.

"Understood, Mr. Baylor. When the day comes, I will make sure everything is handled flawlessly."

"There is one more thing," Jamie said the moment Aaron finished speaking.

Through the glass doors, Jamie pointed at the children playing under the patio umbrellas in the distance. "Do you think they look like me?"

Aaron swallowed hard. Was his boss finally losing his mind?

To be fair, there was a slight resemblance around the eyes.

But from what Aaron had just observed, the children were incredibly close to Hayden. How could they possibly be Suzie's?

Aaron answered cautiously. "I never saw you as a child, but they probably aren't as handsome as you were."

He kept his eyes glued to the distance. While having triplets was rare, a quick sweep of the city's demographics would show it wasn't impossible.

He still remembered the day the results of the second DNA test arrived. He didn't know what the paper said, but he distinctly remembered the sound of Jamie smashing things in his office.

If Aaron had said they looked alike, he would be treading on dangerous ground.

If he said they didn't, he would be contradicting the conversation between Jamie and his grandfather, who both clearly thought there was a resemblance.

Seeing that Aaron was playing it safe, Jamie didn't press the issue.

He simply ordered, "Go arrange a dinner reservation for tonight. Make sure it is kid-friendly."

"Right away, Mr. Baylor."

For some reason, Aaron detected a profound sadness in his boss's voice.

Watching the melancholy settle into Jamie's eyes, Aaron didn't know what to say.

That put Suzie at ease. It seemed Richard just genuinely liked the kids and wanted to spend time with them.

Suzie didn't want to overthink things anymore. She pushed the lingering anxieties away and focused entirely on her tasks.

Just as she was wrapping up, an email notification popped up on her screen.

It was from Peter, the private investigator she had hired to look into Suzanne.

The day after visiting Helen in the hospital, Suzie had contacted Peter, providing him with all the details and the license plate number she had jotted down.

Suzie immediately dropped what she was doing and opened the email.

It contained a zipped file. She saved it to her desktop, entered the encryption password, and extracted the contents.

Two folders appeared on her screen. One held several documents, and the other was filled with photos.

Unable to wait another second, Suzie clicked open the folder with the images.