Maria's Point of View
I stood there frozen as Kairo stepped into my house, my heart loudly thundering in my chest. I found my hands clutched onto the door handle much harder than the situation required, incapable of telling whether it was to slam it shut or leave it wide open. Thankfully, the twins were already upstairs, oblivious to whatever was going to happen. Really, I knew this conversation wasn't going to be easy.
It had been stewing now ever since that morning when Kairo had brought up the whole idea of splitting the kids between us. I'd tried to brush it off at the time, hoping that was just his frustration talking. But there was something in his eyes then, something that really made me realize he didn't let it go.
Turning toward me when we were inside, Kairo wore a serious exp
