Missing Wit

8:Love

  Kurt and Lina were in the car, along with Paul. They were on their way to pick up Sophie from school. The weather was quite dark. It was necessary to get Sophie as soon as possible; because little Sophie was afraid of being alone in the evenings. Kurt sat alone in the front of the car; Lina and Paul were in the back. Paul was enjoying life as usual. Lina leaned forward and said in Kurt's ear:

"Will you take Sophie to the park tomorrow?" she asked.

"I thought you were going to," Kurt replied calmly.

"Unexpected business," Lina replied. She gave the answer instantly; It was as if she had prepared her answers in advance.

Kurt thought for a while. Then he said, "Well, call me if you need it."

"Thanks, Kurt," Lina said after lightly patting Kurt's right shoulder with her left hand.

They stopped in front of Sophie's school. As soon as Sophie saw the oncoming car through the window, she was already out of the school. Sophie ran up to the car and got in the car. "Hello," she said, breathlessly. Then she turned around and continued, "Hi mom, hi Paul." "How are you, princess?" Paul asked, pinching Sophie's cheek. Sophie was smiling; Sophie apparently liked what Paul was doing.

"I'm great," Sophie said with a smile, and threw her hands up in the air, happily. Sophie had managed to make the occupants of the car smile. After Sophie's actions, everyone had gone in a good mood. Meanwhile, Kurt gestured for Sophie to sit in her seat, then fastened Sophie's seat belt and the vehicle began to move.

As the car approached the street of Paul's house, Paul asked Kurt to stop his car. Kurt stopped the vehicle by pressing a button on the panel in front of him.

"We could have dropped it off in front of your house," Kurt said. All the while, Sophie was listening to music on her headphones, waving her legs merrily.

"No need," said Paul, "that's the beauty of this street. Walking by the Svratka River." Then, he bowed to everyone, then bent down, pinched Sophie's cheeks once more, and got out of the car. Sophie turned to look at Paul, then waved at him as she got out of the car. When everyone was back in their seats, the car started again.

"Do you have any information about the aftermath?" asked Eric. Meanwhile, he was viewing the video of Lina arguing with David.

"Lina is angry about something. So, we have the videotape," Paul replied. Then he searched for another video from the video gallery. When he found the video he was looking for, he opened it.

It was around eleven at night. Lina paced the room from side to side. Kurt was sitting in an armchair; his elbows on his knees and his head in his hands.

"This is none of your business," Lina said, her voice low but firm. She probably wanted to sound harsh, but had to be quiet so the kids wouldn't wake up.

"Yeah, it doesn't. But didn't you decide to stay away from this man? That's all I'm asking," Kurt replied, without changing his position on the couch.

"Look!" said Lina. She went to Kurt's seat. dropped to her knees and lifted Kurt's head. "You can easily cut ties with David, but I can't do that."

"Why is that?" Kurt asked. He seemed to guess the answer.

"Because he is the father of my children."

Kurt stood up, and his sister noticed that he was in a very sad state. Lina was about to cry. Kurt took Lina's hands and said, "Calm down. You know better than I do that David has nothing to do with children."

When Lina heard this answer, she felt a little uneasy. She looked left and right; probably was wondering if the kids could hear. When she saw that there was no one in the family but the robot in the room, she asked the robot, "Forget this, okay?"

The robot paused for a while, then, "I don't understand what to forget. I have no such record, "it replied.

Lina laughed then hugged Kurt. "Nice programming," she told Kurt. Then she said, "I don't know, Kurt. I do not know what will I do. No matter what I do, it seems like I can't fix this problem."

Kurt hugged Lina too. They stood like that for a while without speaking. It was later revealed that the only person watching this event was not a robot.

Little Sophie, in her teddy bear pajamas and her teddy bear, ran down to Lina and Kurt and said, "I want you to hug me too." She opened her arms and waited for someone to pick her up.

It was Kurt who picked up Sophie. He put her on his arms Sophie as he grabbed her and then, in a friendly but scolding tone, "Are you listening to us?" he said.

Sophie shook her head. "No. I just came," she said. Then she pursed her lips.

"Then what is missy doing here?" Lina asked, her hands on her hips and a sweet stern look.

"Because I-am-thir-sty," sweet little Sophie said, emphasizing each syllable and word separately.

Lina looked at the robot. The robot was aware of what was happening. It nodded in agreement with what Sophie had said. Lina approached the robot and asked, "Are you sure?" "I don't remember coming," the robot replied.

"Could it be in the records you deleted?" she asked.

"Which record?" the robot asked back. They should have fixed this error immediately.

"The recording ends here," Paul said. As he was about to continue, Eric interrupted.

"So," said Eric, "Kurt told Lina he knew she was seeing David."

"There's no point hiding what both sides know," Paul said.

Eric agreed with what Paul had said. "What happened then?" he asked.

Paul took a deep breath. "Some irreversible events," he said.

"Lina's...."

"Just like Kurt, I think the same. This chain of events is too 'chained' to be a coincidence," he said, then, from waiter asked for another coffee. The waiter signaled to Paul that he understood, then went behind the counter.

"OK. So far, we've talked about Kurt and David's relationship. What about Lina?" asked Eric. His question was significant; nothing has been spoken about it so far.

"Worse than Kurt," Paul said. Having said that, Paul's new coffee arrived. After Paul thanked the waiter, Eric continued.

"Is it that bad? But the video..."

"Lina is a woman who feels her feelings from the inside, you can't tell by looking at the videos. Let me tell you about their relationship..."