“Hey, what took you guys so long?” Claire asked as they stepped into the room. Emilia noticed the look on Alan’s face; he looked like he had just seen a ghost, and Steve had a bright smile on his face. “Are you okay, Steve?” Claire asked, “You look like you just shitted your pants.” She said it with a smile, which made Alan smile in return. That seemed to relieve him a bit. ‘What did you do?’ Emilia mouthed to her father, ‘Nothing.’ He mouthed back at her. Emilia squinted her eyes suspiciously but had no time to dwell on it for long since she had her children badgering her with questions.
“Darren,” she called out to her son, “are you okay? You've not been speaking too much.” She noticed this and asked him with a calm voice. Darren just stared at her and said nothing. He looked like he ha
