In Violets office, which was quickly turned into an interrogation room, were three chairs; all aligned. Atop each one sat one of the boys.

Sam dropped the files on the table in front of the boys. "Here is what is going to happen: we are going to leave the room. When we leave the curtains will be shut so now one can see in or out. That is when whichever of you are in here will push forward which ones you read. You will take out what you remember and place it on top of the file. You will have 1 minute to do so."

"whose first?" cooper gave them that single choice and Henry was the one to raise his hand.

Everybody left the room but him. when they returned all folders but two, Amelias and Charlottes, were pushed forward. All of the ones that were pushed forward had everything on top of them.

Next was Lukas: All but Charlottes were pushed forward and fully stacked on top; including his mothers. The secret of his birth was no longer a secret to him.

Last but not least was Mason: one simple manila folder was pushed forward and all the papers were on top. The picture was flipped upside down but coop didn't have to flip it to know what it would reveal.

Cooper jammed all the papers back into the single closest folder. He read it first, that's why no one else did; because he was protecting her dignity. "thank you all, you can all leave and go do whatever until it's time to go home."

"Except read files." Sam lightened the mood.

Right as the last boy left Charlotte held the door open with her foot as she carried the sleeping child. "She's running a 101 fever, coop." she placed her child on Vi's couch and covered her up with a nearby blanket.

"I need to talk to you." He looked at his co-workers signaling a need of privacy. both men left, leaving just three people in the room; one of which was fast asleep on the couch.

"what?" she sat beside him.

"all of the boys read most of the files, except Mason." He looked up with eyes intended to warn but stay sincere all at once.

His wife took in a deep breath and pursed her lips trying to keep composure.

"He read one." Grabbing her hand he finished, "he read yours."

She swallowed hard, "did.."

"I think he read it first because the other two didn't. "he paused, "I think he didn't let them." He bagan to reach after her other hand when she pulled away.

She raised her voice,"No, Cooper. I'm fine." Looking over through a daze of teary fog she was reminded of Savannah who was still sleeping. She returned to a lower pitch "I should have figured. Besides he was going to find out someday wasn't he?" her breathing became unsteady. She quickly turned to blink away what she knew was coming but it was undoubtly already there.

Coop pulled her to his chest and held her there even though she struggled for the first few minutes. He hushed her for the first few seconds after she was done resisting, then met her on a level of comfort and simply told her she was tired, not scared. "It's in the past and nothing like that will ever happen again, I won't let it."

It took about a half hour for things to settle. By then everyone knew of what their children did; there was no such thing as a secret anymore in the big family. They said their "goodbyes" and "see you tomorrows." And loaded into their cars.