[Well. He's not sure. He's always assumed that they didn't know. That it was covered up. That, maybe, someone told them that he'd died, been killed by the kidnapper, so that the Blandings could get on with their lives.]
[But maybe that isn't what happened at all. Maybe they were told. Maybe they didn't care. It's certainly plausible. Haley would care, but - Alex doesn't think they'd go out of their way for him.]
[The flicker of doubt is visible, for just a moment. And then he breathes deeply and lets it go. They were never particularly kind to him, but they kept him alive. He'll give them the benefit of the doubt. He'll never know the truth, anyway.]
They didn't know. It was kept from them. That's what I think, anyway.
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[Well. He's not sure. He's always assumed that they didn't know. That it was covered up. That, maybe, someone told them that he'd died, been killed by the kidnapper, so that the Blandings could get on with their lives.]
[But maybe that isn't what happened at all. Maybe they were told. Maybe they didn't care. It's certainly plausible. Haley would care, but - Alex doesn't think they'd go out of their way for him.]
[The flicker of doubt is visible, for just a moment. And then he breathes deeply and lets it go. They were never particularly kind to him, but they kept him alive. He'll give them the benefit of the doubt. He'll never know the truth, anyway.]
They didn't know. It was kept from them. That's what I think, anyway.