When There Is Nothing Left But Love

Afraid that Tobias would be bored, I had the maid bring out the set of Legos the kids enjoyed. “Do you know how to play with these?”

He gave a clueless shake of his head.

After all, he had been moving from one city to another with Camelia these few years and probably never had the chance to have fun like a normal kid. Needless to say, toys were a foreign concept to him.

“Come, I’ll show you how. See, every piece of Lego has a serial number. Assemble them all according to this diagram into a complete model. Then you’re done.” I crouched down and picked up two pieces, fixing them together, and gestured. “Just like this. Understand?”

“Yes.” A slight smile finally appeared on his face. He immediately started piecing a few segments together.

“Looking great, kid.” I tousled his hair and showered him with praise before returning to my tasks.

About twenty minutes later, the silence in the living room was disrupted by Audrey’s giggles.

“I want a bunny!”

“A dog! A big bad dog! Woof!”

a parrot. It’s a little bird! Stop lying and make another one

be roused awake by Audrey’s loud voice at

I rushed out and barked, “Summer was working late last night. Quit shouting so

O-shaped mouth, putting

I planted my hands on my hips exasperatedly when a giggle escaped her

What’s so funny?

noticed that the Lego pieces of a plane model were fitted together to create shapes of a bunny, a dog, and a parrot. Though the

didn’t think Legos could be played this way and was a little

nodded, his fingers nimbly assembling Legos into a rough shape of

is creative. He’s going to accomplish

a parrot in another, having them attack

of her eye, Audrey called to him, “Come here, Shaun!

took a seat in

because, in front of Audrey and Tobias, Shaun’s precociousness was especially apparent. His

and it’s Tobias White. Remember that