She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 1133:

“I once held you when you were a kid.”

“What?”

“When you were about the age in this picture.”

“What are you talking about?”

“That boy in the photo with you? That’s seven-year-old me.”

Freya froze, then snatched the photo from his hands. In the picture, a two-year-old version of herself stood beside a little boy she didn’t recognize.

She had no memory of being two. If not for this photo, she wouldn’t even know this moment had ever happened.

“This IS you?” she asked, pointing at the soft-featured, slightly bashful boy in the picture.

Ellis pressed his lips together. “Yeah.”

suddenly

mother, had once

taken a trip to the countryside. While her aunt

had shown up with their son. Anita had described the boy as seven or eight, acting way older than his years. Apparently,

out that the boy had

as he opened his own album and pulled out

took them from his hand.

showed her aunt, her mom, Ellis’s

shimmered

when he reviewed Freya’s file at the base.

escape begins with

seeing that photo brought it all

grow up too introverted from spending so much time indoors, so they’d made it a point to take him out more often. That grassy countryside resort had been a popular spot for families

The two families quickly fell into an easy conversation, and Freya instantly took a

chatted away, Ellis kept her company, playing with her as if there were no