Melinda no longer wished to talk about Sophia with Lilin. “Let’s leave it at that, Lilin. Now go spend some time with Benjamin.”

Lilin shrugged and turned her head to look at Benjamin. He was busy playing with his toys on the other end of the sofa. “Benjamin’s changed a little, Mom.”

Melinda glanced at ‘Benjamin’ curiously and asked, “How so?”

Lilin tilted her head and said with frustration, “He used to be very quiet. He never talks, and he never smiles a lot either. He was a bit distant with me when we met today, but he became talkative later on.”

Melinda felt that her daughter might have been overthinking things.” Children are like that. They tend to open up once they get used to their surroundings.

Don’t read too much into it.”

however, was convinced that things were not as simple as they seemed. “I just can’t help but feel that Benjamin looks like someone I know, someone I’ve met before.” “And who might that be?” Melinda

answered with a frown. “He just looks

her daughter’s head and teased, “You’ve just watched too much TV. All those unexplained things you see from those shows aren’t real, you know! Don’t dwell on it. We’ll have a nice family dinner later tonight, so in the meantime, you can play with Benjamin and keep him company.” “Okay,” Lilin answered as she walked toward Benjamin. ‘Family dinner? As if I’ll ever see Sophia as part of my family.’ When Lilin came to ‘Benjamin’, he asked for her assistance with the toy. He had struggled with it for a while because he could not attach the arm.

toy that ‘Benjamin’ handed to her, then at ‘Benjamin’ himself. She then took the parts

difficult task, but ‘Benjamin’ simply lacked the strength to

so she stretched her waist before saying, “Be

teachers at my school have lots

seemed to sympathize with her, so he carried

“I’ll keep you company!”

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