{Mira’s POV}
David stepped forward, his voice cutting through the heavy silence. “Let the boy stay.”
For a second, nobody moved.
Then he looked directly at Vanessa. "But You. You will leave.”
Vanessa frowned. “What?”
“The child can spend the night here. You’ll come back for him in the morning.”
I slowly turned toward David. My ears rang. I wasn’t sure I had heard him correctly. “What did you just say?”
He looked at me. “Mira.”
“No.” I shook my head before he could continue.
No.” David sighed. “Listen to me.”
“I’m listening,” I snapped. “And what I’m hearing doesn’t make any sense.”
"It's late.”
I laughed bitterly. “So your solution is to let another woman’s child sleep in our house?”
“Our house?” Vanessa repeated with a mocking smile.
I ignored her.
David lowered his voice
