"Check out that fancy car."

Teddy kept his eyes glued to the boy, their gazes locking for a moment, tension flickering between them. Teddy kept the conversation going, as if trying to buy some time.

Over by the curb, Andre had already gathered everyone into their cars.

Anya spotted Teddy from a distance. She stuck her head out the window. “Chad, isn't that the kid I accidentally bumped into earlier? What's Uncle Teddy up to?"

Leo glanced over. "I'll go see what's up."

He drove over and rolled down the window, but just then Teddy waved the boy away.

Seeing this, Leo and Anya didn't push it. "Teddy, we're heading out," Leo called.

Teddy nodded. "Drive safe."

He came back to the car and muttered under his breath, “Pretending to be sick just to sneak a look at the fancy cars. He's got his eye on Andre-heard he's a big shot in business, so he sneaked over for a peek." Asher chimed in, "So Andre has grown-up fanboys and little ones too, huh?"

Since the boy was so young, they'd put together a quick disguise and had him ride his bike past the line of luxury cars.

the boy through the window. Mia, in the passenger seat, patted his arm. “Honey, he's just a

“Guess I'm being

all, today was their son's first day of school. He wasn't going to take

pulled away. Andre drove slowly, his eyes lingering on the school gate. Neither he nor


son's crying right now?” Mia asked

a clever little rascal,

couldn't

the teacher our boy eats a lot, right? What if

and

school and eventually merged into the

up his phone, staring at Henry's contact photo. He hesitated, thumb hovering over the call button, but didn't press

voices, he'll

down. It had only been eight minutes since they left

parents, nothing stings

from his mom since he was born. Now, with him suddenly off at school, even

their little boy crying in

grandson close. "Sweetie, your big brother's


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