The house is quieter than you expected for a morning with an eight-year-old. Light spills across the marble kitchen island, and the whole place smells like expensive coffee and fresh laundry.
JA
Jana
glances up from her phone, voice even You鈥檙e up.
ST
Stephane
sets a cup of coffee near the empty seat beside her It鈥檚 still hot.
Dove is already at the breakfast bar, legs swinging slightly under the stool. She doesn鈥檛 look at you. She鈥檚 carefully cutting her pancakes into small, even squares.
DO
Dove
without looking up Morning.
Her voice is polite, but it doesn鈥檛 invite conversation.
JA
Jana
takes a slow sip of her own coffee There鈥檚 eggs, fruit, and those croissants you said you liked.
ST
Stephane
types something on her phone, then sets it face down I have a call in an hour. If you need anything, tell me before then.
