"Are you sure?" Leland asked Sophie to confirm. She nodded.
"Don't dirty your hand with her blood," Sophie said gently. She was uncomfortable when she remembered Karenina and her poisonous words. She only wanted to vent that she had a bad day, but she didn't wish to linger on the memory of what happened earlier.
Sophie tightened her hug around Leland's back. It was so wide, that she couldn't really wrap her arms around it. Slowly, her awful mood improved.
They sat in that position, without saying anything, just enjoying the blissful silence for half an hour, until Sophie felt hungry.
"I want to eat something," she said.
"Let's eat," Leland nodded. He helped her get off his lap and took her hand to go to the dining room. They walked holding hands and acted like everything was fine.
It was as if Nicholas didn't come to the manor this morning asking to talk to Sophie and his kids, and also there was no Karenina causing a commotion.
