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,

Sonny, he wouldn't mind having

pause the game. I'll be

won't touch the chessboard.

jumped up excitedly

from her, he beamed when he saw his mother

You're off

"I'm in the car. Now, do you think I'm on

moved into the new house yet? Is it really big? Bigger than our place now? Is it as big

a machine gun, barely

my school holidays to take me along. I know what's up-Uncle Duncan thinks I'm a third wheel! He just wants to be with

Duncan broke into

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 when the May Day holiday comes, I'll come back to pick

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

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