Sensing that his mother didn’t want others to know his middle name, Paul smiled politely and said, “Everyone, please enjoy your gathering. Excuse me.”

Jacob hurriedly said, “Hey, Paul, what’s the hurry? How about joining us for lunch?”

He intentionally talked to Paul as a hint for the rest to realize that he and Paul knew each other so they could assume that he had already met Matilda before the reunion.

It was also to suggest to them that both of them shared an extraordinary connection and t