Chapter 392

Alexander

The thought repeated itself, echoing in my skull like a drumbeat.

Madison had a kid.

A son, based on the haircut, the clothes, the way he moved with that particular brand of boyish energy.

The boy couldn’t have been more than four or five. Maybe younger. Hard to tell with kids. They all looked the same to me.

Four or five years old meant Madison had gotten pregnant shortly after leaving Knight Industries. Maybe even before she left?

Was she married? The question slammed into me with uncomfortable force. I’d assumed she was single based on Leo’s report about Christopher, but that didn’t mean anything. She could have gotten divorced. Could have a partner who wasn’t in the public record. Could have done any number of things in five years.

The kid tugged at her hand again, still talking, oblivious to the tension radiating from his mother.

Christopher Allen’s face flashed through my mind. Single, successful, regular at her