At night, Scarlet kept a tentative eye on Esong as she pondered on the thought of bringing up the fact that her mother had beaten up his mother. Well, so had she but she liked to think that she was an innocent party in the mess as she had just cause. She had been anticipating a reaction from him but what she got was not what she expected.
Esong was being very non expressive about the whole matter, acting as if it never happened. He maintained a perfect smile through dinner, a calm demeanor as they gave Justin a bath before bed and she read him a bed time story and a weird quietness when they entered bed.
