Wash turned around more to see who the voice was than in response to the cries. He wasn't used to seeing children in the city. But she stopped at him and his eyes went wide. His reaction was instantaneous and completely automatic.
His hands went up immediately as if he'd been caught by the police.
"Not mine!" He blinked when he realized no one was blaming him. Though to himself he thought she could have well been his. "Uh...not...not me, mine. I mean...another man who was me could have but...not this one. Me. This me."
He lowered hands as an action to stop his babbling. If it had been another him then that would have meant that he'd cheated on Zoe. And that just wasn't possible. But if he did, the other he...he gave a smile that was trying really hard to be genuine.
"Hello there. Just to be clear, I'm not your dad, right?" he asked nervously.