Her question threw him off guard. Why was she suddenly asking this? He looked down to meet her gaze and she was dead serious about it. It was not a prank. He gathered his thoughts. "Then we adopt. Isn't that obvious?"
Relief washed over her face which confused him. "Honey, we haven't even started trying yet. Why are you so tense about failing?"
His wife fluttered her eyelids and looked like she was holding back something that must be difficult for her to bring up with him. He made a guess when she opened her mouth and closed it without saying a word.
"Is this about Philomena?" He guessed, since she had been off since she and Philomena returned from their little pizza adventure.
He had made it much easier for her, since she was uncertain whether it was alright to discuss another couple's matters with her husband. She nodded and decided to not go into too much detail. "She made me realize that not everything comes by so easily."
