Serenity followed Sonny and Titus to their room, watched them climb into bed, and tucked them in with a quilt. She turned on a small light, switched off the main one, and said, “Sleep well. Don’t get up to play, and don’t stay up talking all night. If I hear you talking, we’ll cancel tomorrow’s trip to the children’s park.”

Though the boys were only three or four years old, they chatted like adults when together, able to talk about anything for hours.

Serenity thought that when these two grew up, their sharp tongues would fool many.

Sonny and Titus exchanged glances and replied in unison, “We’ll go to sleep and won’t talk.”

They liked chatting, but going out to play tomorrow sounded better.

Serenity leaned in and kissed them goodnight, whispering, “Good night, have sweet dreams.”

She gently touched her nephew’s head.

Instead of leaving right away, Serenity sat outside the room until the boys were fast asleep, then she returned to her own room.

messages on her phone, including

on, showing that he was indeed on a business trip and busy with

you. I’ll come back to pick you and

a long time before replying: “Go to bed early and don’t overwork yourself. I’m going to sleep too. Your son kept kicking me just now, as if protesting and telling me to

quickly replied, telling her to go to bed immediately,

feeling uncomfortable lying on her back because

reply to Zachary again, worried he would keep messaging and make it hard for her

when Audrey and the others would head to Jensburg. Lilian had said it would be

was in Wiltspoon, assessing Grandpa

silently prayed that everyone she cared about

Soon, she fell asleep.

subconscious told her the strangers were her grandparents, the former

but despite her mother’s gentle smile and voice, she couldn’t reach her. Her parents seemed to be speaking to

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