Luna looked toward the door before the attendant carrying her meal reached it.
Alex came in behind the tray with Mingyue beside him.
"You came back."
He stopped close enough for her to touch his arm.
"We said we would."
Luna glanced past him, checking the doorway as though someone else might be waiting to take them away.
Mingyue closed it after the attendant left.
Their daughter relaxed enough to look at the food.
Alex sat beside her while Petricia moved the cup where she could reach it. Luna immediately moved it back, away from the edge of Alex's sleeve.
"I can do it."
"I know," he said.
He kept his hands on the table while she poured water into the cup. A little missed, and she watched the wet mark spread over the cloth. Neither parent hurried to touch it.
Luna set the jug down and drank.
