A Second Chance at Forever (Eleanor and Bernard) novel Chapter 1349

Yates didn't respond, just stared at him icily, as if telling him that he just had to follow his order, no more chatter.

Sheldon, not one to squabble with an older man, pulled out his cell phone and dialed the butler right in front of him.

The butler was really old, and he had his grandson answer his calls.

Sheldon asked the butler about Vanya. The butler rambled on and on, much to Yates' annoyance.

Fearing Yates' wrath, Sheldon finally exclaimed, "Hey, Greg... Can you hear me? If you can, tell me why my grandfather adopted Vanya!"

Greg's voice was shaky and unclear, "What... I can't hear you..."

Sheldon looked at Yates, "Should we drop it?"

Yates grabbed the phone, his voice cold, "If you don't speak up, I'll send someone to wipe out your entire family!"

There was a moment of silence on the other end before the voice regained composure, "Who are you?"

"I am Vanya's father!" Yates replied.

"Oh, it's you," Greg said, "The master said if you were the one looking for him, he'd tell you."

Sheldon was stunned. Had Greg been pretending to be stupid?

Yates' voice was icy, "Speak!"

Greg, who was just following orders, had been instructed by Sheldon's grandfather not to speak of Vanya's past to anyone unless her biological father came asking.

Sheldon's group, always curious, had made Greg pretend to be senile to avoid any slip-ups.

Now that Vanya's biological father had come calling, Greg relayed everything as instructed.

Sheldon's grandfather was a friend of Pauline's sister. She had left her child in her sister's care. But her sister fell ill and couldn't look after the child, so she handed her over to Sheldon's grandfather and gave him all of Pauline's money.

Pauline resented Yates. After all, he had killed Pauline's first love in secret to win her over and tricked her into thinking her first love didn't want her.