"Children are resilient," Dava put a comforting arm around his shoulder and gave his arm a gentle squeeze. "You two will both be all right."

"I wish I could be as sure of it," Theo suppressed a sigh before forcing a hard smile onto his lips. "In any case, no use worrying about it now. Too much work."

Dava sympathetically smiled.

"Theo, it's okay to be upset about everything, you know? I can kinda see what you're going through. Skye and I are happy now but we've had some. really difficult times before." That little piece of information stunned Theo.On the few occasions when he'd seen the couple together they'd...