Breakfast was silent. All four of them were sat at the table, enjoying a meal of pancakes and blueberries. Kit finished first and it was only three of them left. Louis banished the thought of three of them being some sort of family. It gave her an irritable itch in her heart.
When they were done, they moved to the living room and it was only the two adults left. Matthew had gone to put on his uniform and get ready for school. The troubled expression on Mikhail’s face was hard to miss since he had been sporting it for two days already so Louis broke the ice.
“Is the treatment in my home unsatisfactory, Detective?”
“No! You have a lovely home”
“Then what seems to be the problem or are you just practicing expressions?”
“I just have so many questions and I’m not sure if you would answer
