"I missed you too," Alyssa said, giving Neville another big hug and a kiss on the cheek before crawling out of his lap and going over to her mother, who was sitting on the couch, just staring at the floor. "Mummy, are you okay?" she asked.
Cissa jolted out of her daze and smiled down at her child. "Yes dear, of course I'm okay. Mummy's just a little tired." Then she looked up at Neville with sad eyes. "He's probably going to come down here."