Zeno was very happy about the news of his wife's pregnancy; he even forbade Alea from doing many activities. He didn’t allow Alea to carry Argon, even though Argon cried asking her to do so. Zeno treated Alea like royalty.
After breakfast, Zeno sat in the family room with Alea and Argon. This house felt so big for just the three of them. Alea remembered the apartment she and Zeno had shared for a year. The memories might not have been beautiful for Zeno, but for her, they were so precious that she wished they could live there again. She smiled thinking about how she eagerly waited for Zeno to come home so she could invite him to dinner. She had worked hard to learn to cook his favorite dishes, even if back then he never actually tasted her cooking.
Alea sat beside Zeno, who wrapped his a
