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 little bird! Stop lying and make another one

awake by Audrey’s loud voice at

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

an exaggerated O-shaped mouth, putting

taking me seriously, I planted my hands on my hips exasperatedly when

What’s so funny?

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

all this?” I didn’t think Legos could be played this way and

Legos into a

is creative. He’s going to

one hand and a parrot in another, having them attack each

halfway down the stairs out of the corner of her eye, Audrey called to him, “Come here, Shaun!

toward the living room, took a seat in an empty spot beside Audrey, and picked up the bunny Tobias made, casually studying

and Tobias, Shaun’s precociousness was especially apparent. His demeanor and gaze looked

Tobias White. Remember that and