Zachary’s voice had put Michael in a daze. He was completely silent on the other end as if he had lost his voice.

Charlotte rubbed her aching temples and hurriedly chimed in. “Michael, thanks for calling, but I have to go. We’ll be in touch.”

With that, she hung up.

Charlotte raised her head and glanced at Zachary, but there was no way to calm her heart that pounded furiously in her chest. “Well, you heard it. Michael meant to call and inform me that Helena was getting married. He didn’t mean anything else.”

“I heard.”

Zachary then returned her phone to her and walked into the bathroom without a word.

 

Charlotte gazed at him calmly, but she was frightened. The silence was unsettling. Was he a time bomb waiting to explode? Was he going to go after Michael quietly?

She was deep in thought when a knock came from outside the door. ‘Are you awake, Miss?” Mrs. Berry’s cheery voice came through. “The children want to have breakfast with the both of you.”

 

“We’ll be there in a bit!”

“Okay, I’ll set the table for you.” Mrs. Berry then left.

Charlotte walked barefooted into the bathroom cautiously. Zachary was still in the shower. “The kids are waiting for us to have breakfast together.”

“Yeah.” Zachary responded.

but promptly started on her

in his towel, with one hand drying his still-wet hair. While

the anxiety wormed its

this a change of strategy, perhaps? A cold war instead

down first,”

him to wait for her, he

disappointed by his behavior. After

when she brought up her father. And now, he gave her the cold shoulder

was no way she

was grit

audibly, got

a cheerful voice that came

“Daddy, this is delicious!”

piece of her banana

and nodded in agreement.

Ever since

a piece of his honey-soaked waffle and fed it to Zachary. “Mrs. Berry made

ate the waffle piece and again, remarked on how

Daddy and

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