"Alright, you go change, and I'll tidy up for you," Angelo said.

It wasn't his first rodeo helping his brother out.

While Alonzo swapped outfits and scrubbed up, Angelo ducked into the study and started stuffing books from the desk into his brother's schoolbag. He double- checked for Alonzo's school ID-yep, all good-then slung the bag over his shoulder and stepped out.

Alonzo was just finishing up, freshly dressed.

"Bro, I'm heading downstairs," Angelo called. "I'll take your bag down too."

"Cool, thanks," Alonzo replied.

His aunt wasn't in the living room-probably stepped out, he figured. He dropped the schoolbag by the couch and made a beeline for the kitchen, lured by the mouthwatering aroma. Time

Angelo burst in, only to

Ormond turned to her nephew with a calm smile.

yelled at him to get moving. He's still washing up," Angelo said, his big eyes sparkling with kid-like curiosity. "Auntie,

tricks. from Tatum to whip up breakfast for him daily, so he wouldn't have to trek over here every morning. But that was just talk. Every time Angelo tried to drag her out of bed for a lesson, she'd groan she couldn't get up. Sleep always won over cooking. Maternal love? Hit or

I'd like to learn," Mrs.

ushered him out of the kitchen,

big sister?" she

She's out running," Angelo said, tilting his head up at her. His eyes flickered with innocence.

warm smile. "You can tell, huh? Yeah, I've

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