Lyden shook his head before speaking. He'd done that a lot while they brought him up to speed. "Maybe, but why would she keep that a secret from me? Angela knows that my children have a special dispensation. They're not killed immediately. I know she always wanted to have kids. I guess I could see her taking in a stray, but again, why hide it from me?"
"Jessica didn't act as though she'd been a stray, dear," Brooke broke in. "Of all your wives, Angela has had the rockiest history with you."
"None of us doubts that she loves you," Becky interjected as anger flashed in Lyden's gray eyes. "That's not what we're trying to say, but even you have to admit that she hasn't always been completely open and honest with us. After your death, none of us saw her. She hid away for quite a while. It's not too hard to believe that—"
