Germaine was silent, allowing Julius to speak his part. Oh.
..Oh.
He nodded slowly, to indicate that he had heard, and even understood, though he was quiet for a few moments as his mind wrapped around the straightforward statement. "I see."
He had suspected, a little, for as much time as Genevieve spent outside and running about- while he knew that he didn't know everything that his girls got up to, he wasn't completely blind. But if he were completely honest with himself, he knew that Julius was a decent sort of man, who genuinely cared for his daughter. "Her mother wouldn't approve, of course."