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A sensation like heady relief washed over Sandor and he had to fight to keep his voice level “Who does Ellie say the woman is?”

“Her twin sister, kidnapped from the hospital almost immediately after their birth There were no leads and the baby just disappeared No request for a ransom was ever made”

It took several seconds for Sandor to assimilate Haords because they were so different than anything he would have expected the other man to answer “I did not know Ellie had a sister”

“Neither did she”

“Her father did not tell her?”

“No and I get the feeling he’s on her black list at the moment”

“Along with me”

“Afraid so”

Sandor swore, but he still felt lighter than he had in a long tione to another man’s bed Shewas his “How did she find out?”

“She knew the pictures were not of her”

“So, she iht she had a twin?”

“No She told er, but her instincts were telling her otherwise, so she searched her birth records”

“And discovered another baby had been born?”

“Yes I verified the birth records and newspaper accounts of the kidnapping as well as the fact that Miss Wentworth was staying in a s the coast than Barcelona during the ti her twin and Menendez around the city”

Trust Hawk to have double-checked the facts to be sure

“I see What are the chances they would have been in Spain at the same time?”

“Slim, but indoes happen A lot more often than people want to believe”

“I believe”

“It upset her”

“You mean Ellie? What upset her?”

“That she was so close to her unknown sister and that they did not meet”

“She is no doubt upset about a lot of things right now”

Hawk’s silence was agreeh

“Have you spoken to Wentworth yet?” Sandor asked

“He’s the next call I’”

“Let me knohat you find out”