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“Done,” he announced, and Sophie settled back into the couch to finish watching her movie Not even five minutes passed before she fell asleep Her little chest rose and fell with her breath, her expression peaceful

“Finally,” Kaden muttered, then moved in front of her and covered her with the pink blanket, being careful not to wake her

“Should we go somewhere else, so we don’t wake her?” Abby whispered

Kaden shifted his gaze to the kitchen, only feet away, then toward the hall “Yeah, , but—”

“Your rooreat,” Abby said, already headed for the hallway Part of her desperately wanted to see the intilimpse of the boy she still had so much to learn about

“It’s the first one here” He pointed to the first doorway

Abby entered, taking it in The shtly outdated Everything about it was practical, fros to the tidy blue bedspread and cream-colored walls

“I’ht place” She e In the photo, a younger Kaden stood in front of a woman she assumed was his mother, her sandy hair blown back from her face as she beamed at the cauessed to be about Sophie’s age now In the picture Kaden s above chubby cheeks

“Myher assumption

“She’s beautiful”

Kaden nodded, saying nothing, then sat down on the edge of his bed

Unsure of what to do with herself, Abby pulled his desk chair over to where he sat and placed it in front of hi a seat

“I know it’s not estured around the room “But it—”

“Stop” Her voice sounded harsher than she intended “Stop doing that”

“What?”