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‘Yeah.’

‘I’ll bet they’re kids who didn’t have parts in the play.’

Will nodded. ‘I’ve been trying to ignore them like Mom says, but it’s getting tiresome. And when I ignore them, they do it more.’

‘Sometimes you’ve got to hold your ground and not walk away.’

Will nodded soberly. Matt clasped the boy’s slim shoulder. ‘See you later,’ he said.

‘Bye, Matt. Will you be here after the show?’

‘Sure.’

Walking back through the hallways. Matt pondered Leeann’s charge that Will could be his son. Damn her for planting the suggestion in his mind. As usual, his- sister was over reacting to a series of innocent coincidences. But Matt had to admit, he’d found himself looking at the boy a little harder. Because he’d never considered siring a child, he’d never contemplated what his offspring might be like.

In some aspects, Leeann’s notion wasn’t as farfetched as it first sounded. The boy had affected Matt’s demeanor, his walk. But Matt attributed that to the kid’s impressionable age and the fact that