For a moment, there was an awkward silence that passed between Genevieve and Charlie. Of all of the things she had considered him saying - all of the weird things that were serious enough to warrant a discussion and had nothing to do with her - and that had ranked nowhere on the list. Maybe it was naivety on her part, or perhaps even a hint of territorialism that had kept anything having to do with other women from entering her brain. She had assumed, naturally, that it was dragons.
Vieve pressed her lips together, giving him a slight "hmm" of an answer to break the silence. How do people respond to that sort of news, she wondered?
"Weren't Penny and..." Wasn't she dating his brother? Had she dreamed that? "Are you two...?"