With her youthful innocence, how could she conceive of such complexities? As such, she promptly shook her head, signaling her incomprehension.
"Mom told me she had given our address to Dad and that he would come to pick us up soon."
Nia Mitchell had no way of probing into what Maxwell Peary was thinking or predicting what was to come. But she could never have imagined the turn the story took.
They awaited their father at the orphanage, but after a long wait, he failed to show up. Ultimately, it was Silvia Waterborne who returned for them. From then on, they lived with her. However, because of Silvia's work, they did not see each other often. A year later, as Phoebe Harris had yet to bear any children, the Peary Clan grew anxious about the issue of an heir and subsequently brought him and Evelyn Peary to the Peary Clan.
"So you ended up living with the Peary Clan?" Nia looked at Maxwell, feeling pangs of sorrow for his past.
