Afraid that Tobias would be bored, I had the maid bring out the set of Legos the kids enjoyed. “Do you know how to play with these?”

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!”

awake by Audrey’s

out and barked, “Summer was working late last night. Quit

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

on my hips

What’s so funny?

headed over to both of them and noticed that the Lego pieces of a plane model were fitted together to create shapes of

this?” I didn’t think Legos could

nodded, his fingers nimbly assembling Legos into a rough shape of

kid is creative. He’s going to

in one hand and a

halfway down the stairs out of the corner of her eye, Audrey called to him, “Come here, Shaun! This person is so good at

seat in an empty spot beside Audrey, and picked up

Audrey and Tobias, Shaun’s

rude, Audrey. He has a name, and it’s Tobias White. Remember

Audrey exclaimed, “Both of you share the same

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