Mathilde was the one to break the silence with the clicking of her heels as she walked after her husband.
Everyone else seemed to be rendered speechless, immobile or- in Ramon's case- utterly ridiculous in whatever words were coming out of his mouth.
The long spell was finally broken when the baby monitor went off and the room jumped in tandem at the whimpering cries of the newborn. Little Lizzie was awake and in need of her evening rations.
Constance got up and walked away, in a hurry to get to her daughter. She mumbled out a quick 'excuse me' and looked at Carl and Aiden, offering an apology with her eyes to the former.
"You... you love her?" Aiden finally spoke, his words coming out strangled and weak.
"Yes, I love her. I'm in love with her," Carl told him, all trace of his former
