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.

perfectionist who would

a wanna-be perfectionist,” I roll my eyes. “I am a natural perfectionist. Don’t

air out of

“Hey Alex, Zach calls.

lego pieces that

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

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want to be when

“A fireman.”

new,” Zach comments,

can light you

I don’t think I

huh?” I smirk.

frowns. “Firemen put out fire. They

stomps his foot. “So I will

love me. Why is

“Maybe he’s the

me again, “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

shakes

I light Uncle Zach on fire, he’ll

Inod

won’t do

him, “Now, apologise to

“But even you can’t call Skye my cousin. She’s not my sister, and she gets very upset when you say

mind if I

back to

Zach mused. “He wants to

smirk. “You know him. He protects everyone he

keep his love

think they’ll be okay.”

wife and them in the park, and Alex

till he leaves the third swing, and how Alex grins when he gets on

her hand

allowing that? Freckles whispers to Anna, who

attention in his adorable little voice. “Mama said no swing!

upgraded to Dad a year after Ronan

big kid swings. How about

little but somehow managed to end up

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