"Amelie! Gabriel!"
Karmen instantly stood up from the armchair as he saw them entering the room. He saw that both of their faces held deeply troubled, exhausted expressions.
"Is Noah asleep?" Amelie asked immediately, concern for her son overriding her own pain. "I hope he didn't trouble you, Karmen. Thank you a lot for taking care of him."
"Noah was missing you both terribly. He wept a lot of times while you were gone," Karmen stated honestly. "But I managed to put him to sleep somehow, a little while ago," he asserted. His gaze moved to Gabriel, who didn't look like himself at all. Karmen could feel a profound, heavy weight radiating from Gabriel. The visible marks of fresh tears on his cheeks worried Karmen deeply. However, he felt instinctively that it wasn't the right time to press for answers.
"You two should both take some rest now. I'll see you both tomorrow in the morning." With that, Karmen quietly left the room, closing the door softly behind him.
