"So, who kidnapped your father?" Adaline waited patiently for an answer. Benjamin cut in quickly. "Why do you think we came here?" Something flashed behind Adaline's eyes, but she immediately drooped her eyelids so quickly that Rain thought it was just her imagination. "I want to find my dad," Rain said. "We want...." Benjamin again cut smoothly. "We know where Mr. Markus Orwell is," he said. "Just a problem; how to take him?" Adaline's eyes widened. "Yes, where is he?" "Here," said Ben in a smug voice; the three Hardys stopped from poring over the Adaline collection of books on the shelves to see what was going on. "Here? You mean you guys came to ask me to predict where Markus is right now?" "Not really, Madam," said Ben emphatically. Rain was a little surprised to see the change in Benjamin's attitude toward Adaline. Slowly and slightly by little, Benjamin's character, which Rain never recognized, begins to unfold. Rain didn't expect to find a man like that—a bit of a tease
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