My mates were silent throughout the date we had with the children. Aside from when Aria tried to get Blue to carry her and when Chrys disturbed Fred for another bowl of ice cream, they kept to themselves. With their mental fence erected, I couldn't even hear their thoughts. They kept it hidden from me, so I wouldn't know what they were thinking.

I didn't need to rack my head that much to know what they were thinking, though. I only needed to look at them to know they were mulling over my ...