The news must be grave then, Melody distantly thought as she rushed across the foyer to hold him. Nora squirmed in her arms, anxious to see her father and escape the tight embrace the three of them now shared. “It's alright, Ben,” Melody softly soothed despite realizing everything was likely anything but for him. Someone had to have died to provoke this kind of response in him, someone close. Helga sprang to mind instantly and was just as soon dismissed as a possibility. Ben had no real opinions on his brothers’ wives as far as she knew, surely not as strong an opinion as his siblings. Which one then?
The squirming toddler soon forced her way to the ground and was quickly guided away by Diana, whose concerned and puzzled reflection mirrored Melody's own. She took the opportunity then to take a half step back so that she could look up at him. One of her hands came to rest lightly on his chest, her other remained on his waist. “What happened?” Melody then gently asked.
The squirming toddler soon forced her way to the ground and was quickly guided away by Diana, whose concerned and puzzled reflection mirrored Melody's own. She took the opportunity then to take a half step back so that she could look up at him. One of her hands came to rest lightly on his chest, her other remained on his waist. “What happened?” Melody then gently asked.