Why Hadn't He Said Anything?
Mr. and Mrs. Lundstrom were fairly traditional people who didn't understand their daughter's love of all things digital though they did tolerate it. They liked Aiden well enough since he had a steady job but weren't terribly fond of the fact that he didn't have a college degree.
Nova had defended him fiercely when this came up the first time he visited by telling her parents how he was smart enough to be headhunted by a major corporation straight out of high school because of his talents. Aiden had told her about the true nature of his job more or less because he trusted her. It wasn't like she was going to go and tell Alistair Hale since she was in another country.