Chapter 149

Brandon stepped closer and looked down at Megan. "Originally, we planned to keep your background under wraps a bit longer—find out what really happened with the switch. But after yesterday's shooting, we figured it's better not to drag this out. Thing is, we still can't go public with it yet. Mom misses you a lot, Megan." Megan stood frozen. Hearing that the couple who raised her for twenty years actually had no blood ties to her, that even her loving grandfather might not be related—it was like her whole world just cracked apart. Then the next question hit her. "Is Amelia from the Shaw family?" Brandon shook his head. "Nope, no relation to them at all." "Then… where's the real Shaw child?" Megan asked, her voice low but heavy with a dread she could almost taste. Brandon glanced at Bernard, who seemed a little better in the face now. "If we want the truth, we probably have to wait until Mr. Shaw wakes up." Tristan nodded. "Right now, we need to keep him safe and get him treated. The an