Bastien knew this could go one of two ways. Klaus could mock his sensitivity to Colette being gone, or he could be supportive of his son's apparent pain and heartache over the deflection of his girlfriend. But he supposed he could be honest with his father. Klaus had never treated him cruelly.
"It is Colette. She has been...avoiding me. I do not know what I have done to upset her or offend her. I do not know if she still shares the affections for me that I have for her at this point. It...hurts."