Chapter 71

• Gael
• The long-awaited moment for me has arrived, but it's not unfolding as I thought it would. The silence inside the car is almost funereal. Evy is focused on our daughter in her arms, while I hold our little boy, eager to initiate some kind of interaction between us. I take a few deep breaths, searching for a common topic, and decide to break our silence.
• "We haven't given them names yet," I say. Finally, she looks at me, albeit briefly, and returns to tending to the child. "If you allow me, I want to give him a name." She raises another glance to me and bites her lower lip.