When His Eyes Opened

“You haven’t eaten, have you? I’ll go make lunch,” Mrs. Scarlet said, then walked toward the kitchen.

Elliot glanced around the house. It was an open layout and the decor was minimalistic.

Layla thought he was looking for his room, so she ran toward the guest bedroom and showed him the way.

“You can sleep in here!”

Elliot responded, but a framed photo on the shelf drew his attention.

It was a family photo of Laura and Avery with them each holding a baby in their arms.

He walked over to the shelf, picked up the photo and examined it carefully.

At the bottom right corner were the words “We’re a year old!”.

This meant that the children in the photo were a year old when it was taken.

One of the babies was dressed in a smart suit, while the other was wearing a white, puffy dress and a tiara on her head… It was obvious that the babies were a boy and a girl.

were they Hayden and

of the guest bedroom and called out to Elliot, “Come

photo down and walked over to

floor. It faced south and had a large floor to ceiling window where one could see the view outside

noticed that it had

two of them, but Hayden didn’t like it, so I’m letting you use it!” Layla held a pillow shaped like a bunny and showed it off to

smiled and said, “Thank

cheeks flushed. She wondered why she did not naturally resist when Elliot picked her up earlier. She

going to take a shower,” Elliot said as his own face began to turn pink as Layla stared at

the bed, then gazed at him and asked, “Why did you cry?

and took out his toiletries and

were bringing Mommy home tonight?” Layla asked. “It’s going to be night time soon! You

“I will.”

back was facing her, so he did not have to disguise the

from one of the servants, then lay down on the mat next to

the temperature up on the mountain was lower, but the corpse in the ice casket had yet