“What did you find out on your end?” Emile asked anxiously when he and Sheila sat on a small rock, in the shade of a tree the following day. They were on the other side of the forest stream.

“Mildred and Chase were adopted by a Mr. and Mrs. Channing thirty years ago,” Sheila responded. That’s not a secret, but the biological parents are a mystery at this point.”

“That’s what I found out as well,” Emile remarked, scratching his head. “We will have to chat to ...