"I knew a Cass... a student studying archeology.... " he trailed off,
looking over at Alyssa for a moment and glad she was distracted before
turning back to the photo album, comparing her features with the one she had
known and sighing sadly "She never told me. I never saw her again after...
" he didn't want to share details with Alex and let it trail off there.
Julia he could talk to, she was Julia and Nick's wife.. but Alex?
He never had felt comfortable talking about his relationships from the past
with her and frowned down at the album before rubbing his hands against his
face "We still have to find her mother. It doesn't make sense how she
ended up here and not a single alarm was triggered."
Alex could see him shutting her out and she hated it. She wanted so
desparately to be part of his life, more so than she was, and Philip and
Julia both seemed to think it was possible. But how could they? He talked
to them and she knew it. However, he categorically refused to tell her
certain things. She rested her chin in her hands and regarded him. She
hated to pry, but the more information they had the sooner they would know.
"Do you know where she was from, where her family lived? Anything that
might shed some light on where she might be?" She couldn't help but smileat
the little girl. Very probably Derek's little girl, what realm of
possibilies that opened for him.
Alex
