Chapter 36

"Maybe we shouldn't have let them outside by themselves." This came from Kurt.

"Just how would you have us stop them?" Jed asked. "Tell them they can't go anywhere by themselves?"

"It doesn't matter," Kurt interjected. "They can't go anywhere without us knowing, and it gave us a chance to learn this information. But, somehow, we have to validate them. Make sure they are the real Regan and Max Ferren."

"Exactly how are we going to do that?" Hildie Kavanaugh demanded. "It's not as if we can take their fingerprints and run them through a database."

"If Bernardo's in the hospitalor even if he's somewhere else and Max is here, who's running the factory?" Gavin asked.

"Their general manager," Jed answered. "I called him when I was in Denver and again before I met with the real-or-not-real Max and Regan. Told him I was just checking on things. Bernardo had involved him from the start. He said sometimes both of the brothers are away at the same time. He's been with the company for fifteen