Serenity was still on the stairs when she called out to her nephew downstairs, "Sonny, your mom's on the phone!"

Sonny was deep in a chess match with Liam, completely focused on the game. His skills weren't quite on par with Grandpa York's, but every now and then, Grandpa York would let him win a few moves. Most of the time, though, Sonny lost.

Still, he never gave up.

Liam noticed that after every loss, Sonny adjusted his strategy, learned from his mistakes, and refined his approach.

The kid was adaptable.

Very smart.

Liam figured that's why the whole family adored Sonny-he was intelligent, eager to learn, and incredibly well-behaved.

With Serenity about to give birth, Liam couldn't help but wonder if his eldest grandson,

lovable as Sonny,

game. I'll be back

almost bedtime. You have kindergarten tomorrow. Let's continue tomorrow evening-I promise I won't touch the chessboard. We'll

up excitedly

when he saw his mother

You're off work early

you think I'm on my way to meet clients or heading

house yet? Is it really big? Bigger than our place now? Is it as big as Uncle Zachary's house? When

like a machine gun, barely stopping

Duncan? Is he scared to see me? He always sneaks off to be with you and never waits for my school holidays to take me along. I know what's up-Uncle Duncan thinks I'm a

Duncan broke into

businesse here, so just happened to visit your mom while I was at it. You're still in school, and you only get weekends off, so it wasn't convenient to bring you this time. But

pouted. "But during the May Day holiday, Aunt Serenity's having her baby! Mom said she's

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