The tension from Robert's furious grounding of Hazel slowly subsided, but the air remained thick. Robert sat back down, his expression still dark and contemplative over the scandalous concept of his daughter giving kisses to a boy.
It was Emi who broke the silence, her voice calm but loaded. "What about Jake?".
The previous gloating vanished from Jake's face; he instantly tensed up. If his father was a strong, loud thunderstorm, his mother was his calm, inevitable Kryptonite.
Robert looked genuinely stunned. He glanced at his son, then back at his wife. "What about him?"
"He was trying to get a girlfriend". Emi stated simply. "Where's his punishment? I distinctly remember telling him he needed to focus on his studies."
Emi reminded Robert that because Jake was a sorcerer, a genuine genius who had awakened his Avatar at age ten and possessed his father's bloodline ability.
