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“I decided to take a little detour.”

“Thomas.”

“You'll like it, and so will the girls.”

“My grandmother will worry about me if I get home too late.”

“I promise I won't take up too much of your time, but you can call her and let her know where you are.”

“And where am I?”

“In an ice cream parlor.” I pointed to the façade as I stopped the car in a parking space in front of the establishment.

“Ice cream!” The girls vibrated in the back seat.

“Before dinner?” Helena twisted her lips, making me laugh.

“Just one day won't hurt.” I blinked.

I got the girls out of the car, and the four of us headed inside the establishment. I settled them in chairs around a table and asked which flavor each of them wanted before pouring two scoops for each, adding syrup, and weighing them. I ordered myself a milkshake in honor of my first meeting with Helena, and she did the same. While I waited for our orders, I watched the twins slurp their milkshakes.

“Is it tasty?” I asked them.

They nodded.

I looked at Helena sitting next to me and put my hand over hers.

“Thomas.”

“Don't you think we'd better tell them straight away?”

“We can prepare them a little more.”

“They're clever.”

“But...” She didn't even manage to finish her sentence before Mary screamed.

“Dad and Helena are dating.”

“How do you know that?” The teacher and I spoke together, wide-eyed.

“Matt spoke,”Anne answered. “He saw...”

“What did he see?” I tried to extract what they knew.

I'd only dropped Helena off at school, I hadn't even kissed her in front of the building or anything that could arouse any suspicion.

“Youtogether.”

“When?” Helena insisted.

“Hoji.”

I started to laugh.

“I thought we were telling them something new.”

“Can I have some moresorbet?” Anne lifted her pot.

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