“You should see him! He’s already crawling. He might start trying to walk soon!” ,Iris noticed an empty look on Claires face, “Are you okay?”

“Sure.”

“You haven’t visited him lately. Are you sure?”

“Yes.”

“You know what: Let’s just walk over to our house. Ben would be so happy to see you. He misses you.”

Claire cleared her throat: “I’m busy today. I have to prepare a speech for the next council meeting. Should be working on it right now actually.” She rose. “You should probably leave now. I’ll try to drop by tomorrow…”