Alex’s pov:
The way Jade stiffened in my lap for a moment, before she burst out in tears was worrying me. She appeared to be in shock – though it was understandable.
“You don’t mean that, Luc. That can’t be. It has to be a mistake,” she was telling him frantically in between tears.
She then shot out of my lap before I could hold her, and went to Luc, “This isn’t a good joke, Luc…”
She shook him and he allowed her to do as she pleased. Her sorrow was almost suffocating me, and yet there was nothing I could do but simply be around for her – for as long as she would need me.
“It’s not a joke, Jade,” he said in a hushed bleak tone of voice. “I am so sorry for your loss.”
She was startled back and let his hand go as if the very small skin contact burnt her deeply.
“But dad was such a str
