Chapter 21After a fairly fitful night’s rest, Vincent took his toast and coffee out to the stables. He had spent the night tossing and turning, thinking about Pietr and if he was prepared to be the boy’s father, and he needed to see if the feelings and conclusions he had come to held up in light of the boy’s actual presence.
There had been no sign of Eiji at the table, and Vincent discovered why as he carefully inched the door open with his wrist, both hands being occupied with his breakfast. He got the door open and found Eiji and Pietr seated on the ground in the middle of the room, a small writing desk that Vincent vaguely recognized as having lived in the corner of the study between them. Eiji had a pen in his hand, and was writing something on a sheet of paper.
They both looked up w
