Chapter 89

Alex and Aurora: Age over 6 years

GABRIEL

I watched as Alex stomped his feet, frustrated about something I couldn’t quite point at.

“I don’t like this?” He muttered under his breath, watching the leg he had been building for days. He was always low on patience, and lego was definitely not his choice of toy but Sophia and me had gotten it on purpose, hoping to instil some

calm in him.

He wasn’t too happy about the impromptu gift we had gotten hien but had been building it any way to not break his mother’s heart.

1 blinked, looking at the hundred pieces car set.

“I think it’s alright,” I comment from behind, “Just the door seems a little off. You might want to remove that black piece and interchange it with the red one.”

Alex looks at both the pieces as if taking in my suggestion with a lot of consideration before he picks up the toy and throws it down with so much force, all pieces fall apart. Then, he grins

I shake my head, sighing.

Zach, who had been watching the scene unfold with amused eyes, laughs, his head falling back.

He only shuts up when I glare at him. It’s a rule Sophia and I had made, to not laugh when he does something like this in case he takes it as encouragement. ⠀

“Why would you do that, Alex?” I ask.

“You said it was alright.

“Yeah. Alright’s a good thing”

“But, his eyebrows furrow, “Miss Mary taught us in class that alright is average.”

“Average is good, I add again.

“No.” He announces, “I don’t like average. I want to be the best.”

I shake my head again and my best friend grins. “Your son,” Zach’s smile was so wide, it showed all his teeth, “No patern test needed.”

I glare at him.

who would stop at nothing?

perfectionist,” I roll my eyes. “I am a natural

out of his mouth in

“Hey Alex, Zach calls.

leaving the scrambled lego pieces that he was beginning to assemble.

unknown, Alex has never liked Zach, and he probably never

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want to be when you grow

“A fireman.”

new,” Zach comments,

I can light you on fire.

smile that spreads on my lips was so instant that I don’t think

huh?” I smirk.

“Firemen put out

be!” He stomps his foot. “So I will be

love me. Why is your son

shrug. “Maybe he’s the

if she tells

a half day cloud my mind. “If you light people on

son shakes his

Zach on fire, he’ll

Inod

I won’t do

smile at him, “Now, apologise to

“But even you can’t call Skye my cousin. She’s not

you don’t mind if

care.” Alex raises his shoulders, attention shifting back

don’t like your son.” Zach mused. “He wants to protect

“You know him. He protects everyone

keep his

six and she’s eight. I think they’ll be okay.” I laugh, and Zach

old son flings into my arms when join my wife and them in the park, and

kid older than him till he leaves the third swing, and how Alex grins when he gets

daje her hand at

am I a terrible mother for allowing that? Freckles whispers to

my attention in his adorable little voice.

only one of my kids who calls me dada. The other two upgraded to Dad a year after Ronan was born, and I hated that

swings. How about I hold you for a bit and let you swing?

once when the twins were little but somehow managed to end up getting

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