"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.

He dropped the schoolbag by the couch and made a beeline for the kitchen, lured by the mouthwatering aroma. Time to see if he could

you're here!" Angelo burst in, only to spot Mrs. Ormond standing quietly behind Tatum, watching

to her nephew with

eyes sparkling with kid-like curiosity. "Auntie, you trying

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

to learn," Mrs. Ormond

cut her chat with Tatum short. She ushered him

your big sister?" she asked, her tone

Angelo said, tilting his head up at her. His eyes flickered with innocence. "Aunt, you

froze for a second, then patted his head with a warm smile. "You can tell, huh? Yeah, I've got some stuff on my

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