A small nightmare- II

"I see," Daphne sighed. It was a long and deep breath that she let out. The one he could feel was full of disappointment of not being told sooner and that the situation had come along with the fact that this could not be put away with refusal.

"I suppose you would have to give a Matvey then." Daphne concluded on her own, mostly for herself so that she could accept the reality is better. "Who are you living in charge of us and everything?"

He wanted to leave Joyce in charge for everything, but at the moment, as far as he understood from her previous reaction, she was not most likely up to it.