“I didn’t expect to see you here.”
“I didn’t expect to find this,” he replied, his voice tight. “Triplets. And… you.”
The children stared at him now.
The little girl—sharp-eyed, protective—shifted slightly closer to Nia. One of the boys studied him with quiet curiosity, while the other mirrored his posture without realizing it.
That unconscious resemblance hit harder than anything.