Briony thought it was too much trouble. "No need to bother the driver—I can handle drop-offs and pick-ups myself."

"Oh, all right. I'll let the driver know then."

She ended the call, tucked her phone away, and headed back inside.

It was Saturday.

The twins didn't have preschool today. The moment they saw each other, they huddled together, giggling and playing, thick as thieves.

Watching her son and daughter get along so well, Briony felt a rare sense of peace settle over her heart.

Little Mario had become so much more outgoing lately, chattier too.

Especially this time-after two weeks apart, he seemed to have put on a little weight.

That evening, while bathing the kids, Briony noticed the change most clearly.

He really had filled out. Where once his ribs had been painfully obvious, now his round little belly was starting to catch up to Little Nina's.

Stewart and Lorna had truly been taking good care of him.

Briony watched her son and daughter splashing and shrieking with laughter in the

tub, and her feelings were unexpectedly complicated.

once the kids had drifted off, Briony quietly slipped

next door to find

who managed all of little Mario's

to have changed so much in such

martial arts, and

walked Mario to preschool from Southcreek Manor-a walk of about a mile. Most families sent their kids in

jump

for a long moment after

noticed the worry that still

first that Ms. Riley might be unkind to the young master,” Carol admitted. "So when she started taking him

Mario's always been

scared Ms. Riley

mistreat him when no one was around. I even asked

he

was cool-she chased away

Briony blinked.

Chased away bad guys?

bad guys?"

but he couldn't really

pressed her

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