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.

wanna-be perfectionist who

roll my eyes. “I am a natural perfectionist.

air out of his mouth

“Hey Alex, Zach calls.

son looks up, leaving the scrambled lego pieces

Alex has never liked Zach,

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to be

“A fireman.”

Zach comments, eyebrows furrowing.

light you on

that I don’t think I I

huh?” I smirk.

out fire.

be whatever I want to be!” He stomps his foot. “So I will be the kind of fireman who

love me. Why is your

the

“Can I light Miss Mary on fire if she tells me again that

firm. Flashbacks from when Damien started a fire in the school when he wanted a half day cloud my mind. “If you light people

son shakes

Zach on

Inod

won’t

at him, “Now, apologise

call Skye my cousin. She’s not my sister, and she gets very upset

don’t mind if I call Skye your

back to the disassembled lego

Zach mused. “He wants to protect my own daughter from

know him. He protects everyone he

his

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

years old son flings into my arms when join my wife and them in the park, and Alex runs to Aurora and Skye who

him glare at a kid older than him till he leaves the third swing, and

daje her hand

I a terrible mother for allowing

adorable little voice. “Mama said no swing! Only for big

to Dad a year after Ronan

I tell him, ruffling his brown hair. These are the big kid swings. How about I hold you for a bit and let you swing? Do you

do that. She did it once when the twins were little but somehow managed to end up getting her hair stuck in the ropes, and she swore

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