Chapter 32

“Yes, Charlie is a dolphin.”

“Charlie, that’s a cute name.”

“He’s an adorable baby.”

“How is Antoine doing?”

“He’s a little freaked out. We had some explaining to do.”

“You never told him?”

“When he was a teenager, we told him that his biological father was a friend of ours because we had been unable to conceive by ourselves. He seemed okay with it.”

“You left out the dolphin part?” I asked.

“There was no need to tell him about that. He didn’t demonstrate any signs of it. If he couldn’t see it or experience it, it would seem like a fairy tale. I can’t tell you how many times I took him to play or swim with the dolphins I was working with thinking that it would bring it out in him.”

“It never did?” I asked.

“Not once,” Olivia answered, the frustration still in her voice.

I didn’t say anything for a moment, thinking. She broke the silence.

“Is that unusual?” she asked.