(Aurora's POV) "I'm all right." Her voice was thin but firm. Phineas caught the eye of a passing server and said, quietly, "Could you check whether the restaurant has any blood pressure medication on hand? Emergency tablets as well, just as a precaution." Both Joyce and Jonathan looked at him. Joyce waved a hand. "That won't be necessary. I have my own medication." She opened the small clasp bag on her lap and set a pill case on the table with a decisive click. "Say what you have to say." I nudged Phineas in the ribs with my elbow. He glanced at me, and I gave him a look that I hoped communicated *this is not the moment*. "I was thinking of her wellbeing," he said, with what appeared to be genuine feeling. "Phineas." He cleared his throat and composed himself. "All the DNA reports

