"What's with that expression?" Jayda asked, feeling irritated by it.

"You mean He's your father," Fred's heart rose and fell in fast motion. He was panting heavily to catch his breath.

"What's wrong with you?" She was starting to get worried this time. Confusing was a hell of an understatement to describe her reaction right now.

"Are you okay?" She frowned with worry. She rushed to the dining table with a tray containing a neat jug of water and three cups turned upside down on the tray, then she filled a glass with water and rushed back to him.

He was now pacing around a small area.

"You're not alright,...