When There Is Nothing Left But Love (Ashton And Scarlett)

He gave a clueless shake of his head.

After all, he had been moving from one city to another with Camelia these few years and probably never had the chance to have fun like a normal kid. Needless to say, toys were a foreign concept to him.

“Come, I’ll show you how. See, every piece of Lego has a serial number. Assemble them all according to this diagram into a complete model. Then you’re done.” I crouched down and picked up two pieces, fixing them together, and gestured. “Just like this. Understand?”

“Yes.” A slight smile finally appeared on his face. He immediately started piecing a few segments together.

“Looking great, kid.” I tousled his hair and showered him with praise before returning to my tasks.

About twenty minutes later, the silence in the living room was disrupted by Audrey’s giggles.

“I want a bunny!”

“A dog! A big bad dog! Woof!”

“You liar! This isn’t a parrot. It’s a little bird! Stop lying and make another one for me. This time, I want a tiger!”

house would be roused awake by Audrey’s loud voice at

Stovall!” I rushed out and barked, “Summer was working late last night.

and responded with an exaggerated O-shaped mouth, putting her index

hands on my hips exasperatedly when a giggle escaped her a second

What’s so funny?

and noticed that the Lego pieces of a plane model were fitted together to create shapes of a bunny, a dog, and

all this?” I didn’t think Legos could be played

Tobias nodded, his fingers nimbly assembling Legos into a

going to accomplish something in the

and a parrot in

eye, Audrey called to him, “Come here, Shaun! This person

living room, took a seat in an empty spot beside Audrey, and picked up the

was undeniably inequality in the world because, in front of Audrey and Tobias, Shaun’s precociousness was especially apparent. His demeanor

it’s Tobias

mother, Audrey exclaimed, “Both of you share the same family