Mr. Meijer's mouth pursed at the first revelation. Great. He could not cause too much trouble with this one if he wanted Claude to have a hard time sitting fix his chairs.

But then, little James threw it all into question. Ugh. Did he torture this child or not?

"Hold, Mr. Benjamin." His attention turned to James, cold and judgmental. "But you are not redheaded," he reasoned aloud, looking down at the child. "Are you a bastard Ward?"