Married At First Sight By Gu Lingfei

Time to crash.

Mrs. Ormond, who'd been tossing and turning half the night, finally drifted off.

They didn't talk again till morning.

Normally, she'd sleep till noon, but worry dragged her out of bed early today, despite barely resting.

Downstairs, Elora was still out on her morning run, not back yet. Tatum was in the kitchen, whipping up breakfast for her and her two siblings like clockwork.

"Aunt!" Angelo piped up from the couch, where he'd been glued to the TV. He jumped up when he saw Mrs. Ormond. "Good morning!"

"Angelo, you're up early," she said. "Your brother still snoozing?"

"I hit the hay early last night, so I'm up now," he replied.

the TV, and added, “Aunt, I'll run upstairs and wake

up so we can eat together. I'll ask Tatum

Angelo didn't hesitate,

Ormond didn't stop him. Her son, Alonzo, was spoiled rotten by the whole family-maybe

Waking him was

One whiny "five more minutes" and

Elora and Tatum weren't around, Alonzo would be late for school,

Angelo bolted upstairs.

and yelled,

hands over his ears, rolled over, and tried to dive back

from her trip!" Angelo shouted. "If you don't haul ass Elora's gonna

Alonzo dropped his hands, sat up,

up, quick-I've got tea to spill.

yanked it open, and stared at him, eyes gleaming with curiosity.