CHAPTER 36- WORSE

I carry Ana downstairs to see Chris feeding Carol pancakes and I have not seen either of them look happier in a long time. Grey doesn't look as pale and seems to have gained some colour again. He is laughing at her silly antics.

"Who wants to go for some ice creams?" I ask. Chris looks at me, smile slowly fading off his face.

Both the girls squeal and jump.

"Ana won't go." He states.

"But daddy.... " She whines.

"Ana will go." I retort. "She has been having a bad day. Ice creams will cheer her up." I add more gently.

For a second, I think, Grey's going to get into a fight again, but then he slumps back down in his chair, like he doesn't even have the energy to fight anymore.

"Ana can go if she wants, without her daddy." He says, almost expecting Ana to go.

Ana gets down from my arms and runs to hug her daddy.

"I don't want to go anymore." She mutters close to his chest. Carol looks crest fallen.

"Grey, I am sorry." I tell him. He looks up at me, from Ana's hair.