Synopsis

The quiet had a deceptive weight. Catherine traced the rim of her coffee cup, the ceramic cool against her fingertip. A lifetime of shared glances, now strained and carefully averted, settled between them like dust motes in the afternoon sun. They were co-parents, bound by a tiny life – their son, Paul – and the fragile threads of responsibility that held them together. Elizabeth offered a steadying presence, a calm amidst the unspoken currents that flowed between Peter and Catherine. They nav