Ben lowered his eyes.
“Is it about your apartment?”
Adam froze.
Ben looked at the key on
“And after cake?”
Adam hesitated.
“For a while.”
She accepted that and ran off.the table.
“I hid that when Dad asked about my bag that morning. I was going to get it before we left.”
Tara turned to him.
“You knew Dad had an apartment?”
Ben nodded.
Sophie looked between them.
“I knew Dad wasn’t staying here. I just thought it was because you were still fighting.”
Adam rubbed his palms against his jeans.
“It is because we’ve been fighting. We decided I should stay somewhere else for a while so we could figure out what happens next.”
Sophie frowned.
“So when you say you’re going home after you visit us, you mean the apartment?”
“Yes.”
“Why didn’t you just tell me that?”
Adam didn’t have an easy answer.
