"I'm sorry I couldn't be there for Chanda. Things were crazy this past year." Yet, his refrigerator was covered in the pictures Padma had sent him of the beautiful little girl. It was kind of like he was watching her grow as her pictures took over his kitchen. "But two more? That's fantastic!"
It didn't dawn on him to ask if he'd had any of his own. Besides Scarlet, who he had basically raised, he didn't really know yet if he wanted anymore then her. Let alone getting married! That seemed insane, especially with the amount of free time he had on his hands the past couple of years.
"What's the bad news?" She'd told him there was some and he wanted to know right up front. Besides, if there was more good news, it would cushion the bad.