When There Is Nothing Left But Love

“Yes.” I glanced at Shaun, barely able to hide my surprise. He had been standing silently behind Gregory all this while, and if I had not turned around earlier, I might have questioned my hearing. Shaun had, without a doubt, drawn the analogy of the dolls calmly.

Despite the glaring lack of scientific evidence backing his claims, it was more than enough to convince Audrey.

Children of the same age had an inexplicable way of understanding one another. Both Gregory and Shaun had the same uncanny way of getting through to Audrey where adults could not.

There was virtue in keeping things simple, especially when it came to reasoning with children.

Children viewed the world through a simple lens, and they tended to categorize things into neat blacks and whites. They were acceptable of boundaries their parents drew; yet, raising them in an overly-sheltered environment could inadvertently backfire and impede their development.

I relaxed slightly as these thoughts crossed my mind. The sight of Nora’s eerily-similar face no longer frightened me as much as it did.

Shaun’s words completely helped us out of the situation. Thus, Nathaniel and Nora had no excuse to keep us from leaving anymore.

I had no desire to stay in this wretched place any longer.

Ashton silently made a move to lead the kids away. Nora, however, was not about to let Shaun getaway after ruining her plans, and she grabbed him before he could approach us.

menacingly and scrutinized him. She cooed like

me. He said, “Mr. and Mrs. Fuller adopted me.

reunited after a long time. I thought you’d be dying to shower your biological kids with love before

brought this kid into our acquaintance. It’s fortuitous that

Ashton’s voice rang out. “I can afford to care for as many kids as I please. There’s no need to trouble

his gaze and glanced at Shaun. “Why are you

meaning immediately and plucked off Nora’s hands from his shoulders. He walked toward us determinedly,

even need to say a thing to

his hair fondly

don’t have to send

couple in farewell and ushered the kids out the door, Ashton following

the car, the children began fooling around in

Gregory struggled to keep

cake when I get home! Greg, Shaun, you can’t

in resignation,