Dominic’s POV
“You took them without asking?!” her voice raised, reaching for the kids who shrank behind me, their earlier joy from the walk vanishing in an instant.
“I didn’t—” I started, but she held up a hand, stopping me in my tracks.
“Do you have any idea what went through my mind when I woke up and found them gone?” she snapped, her voice trembling in anger. “I thought something happened to them! I thought—” She paused, her chest heaving as she struggled to keep her emotions in check.
“They are fine,” I said, trying to keep my voice calm. “I just took them for a walk. They wanted to explore, and I thought—”
“You thought?” she interrupted again, cutting me off. “You did not think, Dominic. You did not think about telling me. You did not think about how I would feel waking up to an empty house.”
Devon tugged on my sleeve, his small voice barely above a whisper. “Mommy, it was not his fault. We wanted to go.”