The smile he wanted to give her in return died when she asked about her grandfather. This was what he’d most dreaded. Not coming home and having to admit he’d left for no good reason, but coming home without Poseidon. He had failed, and if it had been only himself dependent on the outcome, it would have been bad enough. His daughter and his mother, on the other hand…..
Triton shook his head, not knowing how to explain why he’d come back alone.