"Go on mummy," urge Eleanor. "Who is our father?"
"Your father is alive and lives here in Baltimore. His… his name is Shawn Hudson."
Eleanor and Elvis exchanged startled glances.
Although he had guessed his relationship with them, it still came as a huge shock to Elvis and Eleanor, especially, when their mother outrightly revealed who their father was.
Kathleen, amidst her tears, felt a sense of relief after finally offloading the huge burden from her heart.
'So that man is truly our dad,' Elvis mumbled to himself. He didn't have to expend his energy finding proofs or clues any longer.
To Elvis it was not much of a revelation as he could associated the man's face in the news with the name and didn't press further.
But the same could not be said of Eleanor whose brow puckered in a frown. "Shawn Hudson? Have we seen him before?"