His gaze hasn’t moved off her for even a second in all that time. It felt like he was trying to absorb our daughter with his eyes. Just as he’s doing now. “Blue for boys,” Lucia suddenly exclaims, takes a blue plastic cup with a coaster, and, scrambling up to her feet, heads toward Kai. He blinks, pales, and his eyes widen in alarm. Lucia stops in front of him and lifts the toy cup.

