Joe couldn’t hold his tongue.
He had held it for a whole day. When the children were asleep and Terry went to take a bath after, he finally couldn't bear it and pulled Emily out onto the balcony.
But when he pulled her over, Joe still couldn't speak.
"Why hesitate? What do you want to say?" When Emily saw him hesitate to speak, she knew he must have a lot of questions.
"I... I don't know... I mean..."
Joe scratched his head, not knowing where to start.
"Well, you and Terry... When did you get together?"
The time was not at all right!
He didn't believe that Emily would be so easy to change her mind, or that Terry would take advantage of her.
But there were two kids, Chester and Basia... Emily and Terry had only been gone for two years, and their two children were now one and three months old.
Did they really get together as soon as they left?
Wouldn’t it move too fast?
Emily just smiled and didn't answer the question.
The less she said, the more curious he became.
"Did you... before you got here... did you... but it is impossible! Terry's been living with me all this time and hasn't slept outside. You guys don't get that chance..."
"Well, it goes too far." Emily gave him a blank look.
"What is that all about?" Joe actually had a little bold idea in mind, but he was afraid to say it out loud.
"If you're in doubt, why don't you just ask?"
Emily turned and looked out at the sky.
The night was dark, and enshrouded in the darkness, she looked rather peaceful.
It had been two years. Time could dilute everything, so, there was nothing she couldn’t bear.
After taking a bath at night, all the dirt was moved out of Emily's face. After taking off her thick glasses, she was beautiful again.
The moonlight hit her and made her look as holy as a fairy.
Joe did not have the heart to break the sanctity, but his question was too embarrassing.
"Basia is a lot like you." This was true. Basia had inherited almost all of Emily's beauty.
There was another kind of beauty that even Emily didn't have.
When she grew up, Basia would look even more beautiful than her mother, Joe was sure of that.
"And then?" Emily still looked at the night, but the smile on her lips gradually faded away.
"Is there..." Joe stole a look at her, but still didn't say much.
"Is there..."
"If you don't tell me, I'm going to sleep with them." Emily looked at him sideways.
"They're already asleep. They don't need your company."
But then Joe noticed something was amiss, "You're sleeping with them? Then... What about Terry?"
How could they sleep in separate beds at such a young age?
Basia and Chester could sleep in the baby's room by themselves?
"Terry sleeps by himself. Doesn't he need me for a guy as big as he is?" Emily winked at him.
"But he...he is young and full of energy. Could he bear... to sleep separately?"
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