Gale spoke softly, "Natalie, Joshua is my son, and there's nothing I won't admit. I've never had any intention to hide him. If I wanted to keep it from you, the bodyguards would have taken you away the moment Joshua walked in. They wouldn't have let you stay in the ward, overhearing our conversations."

Joshua did not shy away from calling them 'Grandma' and 'Grandpa'. It was evident to anyone what the family dynamics were. Natalie had simply taken a moment to grasp the situation.

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