Unspoken Guilt

There's silence in the room as neither of us speaks. I keep staring at Mom's cheerful face as she waits for a reaction that isn’t coming.

Alaric is as shocked as I am. He clearly has no idea what his wife has been up to, and it shows.

When she doesn’t get anything out of us for five minutes, her face twists into a frown.

“Why aren’t you speaking? Am I the only one excited?” Her eyes move from Alar