Chapter 87

Kendrick left, leaving Hannah, Joseph, and Penelope alone in the office. Shortly after, Nicholas arrived with him. Standing close to six feet three inches, Nicholas wore a black and white basketball jersey, his curly hair tousled, and his eyes downcast with a sullen expression. When the twins were born, Nicholas had curlier hair than Penelope. Hannah had thought it would straighten out as he grew older, but while Penelope's curls became less pronounced, Nicholas' only got curlier. Nicholas' short, layered curls fell messily across his forehead. He wore an ear cuff on his left ear, and the sunlight cast long shadows from his eyelashes, making him look like he had stepped out of a comic book. His face remained unchanged when he saw his family, his eyes reflecting the same unfriendliness Joseph had shown when Hannah first appeared from the bathtub. Hannah had to admit that as the children grew older, they resembled Joseph more. She thought it was funny, considering that they had looked