The furrow of confusion on his brow deepened to one of concern as she explained why she'd asked. Ill could have meant anything, but the way she'd said it had him suspecting that whatever had happened to Elliott had been terrifying for her as a parent.
"Is he better now?" he asked, because she hadn't exactly specified... though he imagined if Elliott were bedridden she might have sent someone else out to buy peaches at the market. In any case, his concern for Elliott's wellbeing was so intense that for a moment he almost didn't register how risky it was for her to have said something like that in such a public place. She'd lowered her voice, and no one had been close enough to hear more than a few words of their conversation anyway before they moved past, but still — as a general rule, they didn't really even talk in public, much less talk about Elliott.
"Is he better now?" he asked, because she hadn't exactly specified... though he imagined if Elliott were bedridden she might have sent someone else out to buy peaches at the market. In any case, his concern for Elliott's wellbeing was so intense that for a moment he almost didn't register how risky it was for her to have said something like that in such a public place. She'd lowered her voice, and no one had been close enough to hear more than a few words of their conversation anyway before they moved past, but still — as a general rule, they didn't really even talk in public, much less talk about Elliott.
MJ made this <3