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.

her hands on Shaun’s shoulder menacingly and scrutinized him. She cooed like

and me. He said, “Mr.

a long time. I thought you’d

kid into our acquaintance. It’s fortuitous that Nat and I don’t have children. Why don’t

“I can afford to care for as many kids as I please. There’s no

Shaun. “Why are you standing there? Do you

from his shoulders. He walked toward us determinedly, making his stance toward her

need to say a

mussed his hair

get going, then. You don’t have to send

couple in farewell and ushered

car, the children began fooling

so excited that even Gregory struggled to keep her in her

wait to eat the cake when

replied in resignation, “Whatever