The silence, heavy as it was, didn't last long. Vivi, who had been sleeping peacefully until now, undisturbed by Kade's presence or the conversation, finally woke up, and immediately started making a racket, demanding attention.
As if on clue, Felix jumped up from his seat without a second of delay. "I need to check up on Vivi first!" he announced, and rushed to the crib without so much as a glance at Kade.
What impeccable timing! For the first time since… probably ever, Felix was grateful for his daughter's habit of being very noisy early in the morning. He needed a distraction, anything to end that uncomfortable silence, preferably without having to address the story that Kade had just told…
