~Selene's POV~
It is a Tuesday afternoon, ordinary enough at the start, when Miriam announces she is taking the twins to the park.
"They need the air," Miriam says, already gathering the stroller, the diaper bag, the small folding hat Lior has recently decided he hates and refuses to keep on his head for longer than thirty seconds at a stretch. "Dax will come with us."
She does not ask Caden to leave. She does not suggest, even obliquely, that he should accompany them or that the visit should end early to accommodate the outing. She simply gathers the twins, gathers her own light cardigan, and heads for the door with the particular efficiency of someone who has decided something and does not intend to discuss it further.
The door closes behind her.
Selene and Caden are alone in the ap
