For one second, nobody moved.
Then Caleb stood.
“Move.”
Adrian looked at him.
“What?”
“The kids are watching.”
Adrian glanced at Noah.
That mattered.
He stepped aside.
I walked past him with Noah holding one hand and Lily the other.
Vanessa still had not sat down.
As I passed her, she whispered:
“I thought you knew.”
I stopped.
Adrian said sharply:
“Vanessa.”
She looked at him.
Then at me.
“He said you two were already separated.”
The dining room went silent.
I looked at Adrian.
He stared at her.
Not me.
That was confirmation enough.
I said:
“We aren’t.”
Vanessa’s face changed completely.
Adrian stepped toward her.
“We discussed this.”
“No.”
Vanessa backed away.
“You told me she was staying here until after the baby because she didn’t want the kids disrupted.”
Evelyn closed her eyes.
