Chapter 120

Deidre

An eerie silence filled the large apartment after I finished.

Sirius had sat still the entire time, transfixed; face unchanged. The only sign he had heard me was that the steady rhythm of the monitor hiccuped, indicating the erratic climb of his heartbeat.

“Sirius?” I said after several long moments.

His head merely twitched, cocking to the side, studying me.

“Is all of this true?” His voice was an echo of its normal low tones, hollow in apparent disbelief.

My beeps were normal. Predictable. Steady. “Yes.”

“Does my father know?”

“No.”

“Who else?”

“No one. Just your mother and you.”

His eyes closed, the gold intensity disappearing as he channeled the building emotion within. “Why?”

“That’s a rather vague question.”

His hands grab his knees, white knuckles gripping his pants. “Why haven’t you told anyone?”

“I was sworn to secrecy.”

“How do you explain telling me?”

I cross my arms. “Your mother made an exception in case you asked one day.”

“She thought I would meet you?”

I shrug