Brandon Half an hour later, freshly showered and with fresh set of clothes I went to the second floor, right on time for breakfast. But this time when I entered the apartment there were no shouting and giggling and yelling coming from any of the kid. It felt like a big part of my day was missing when neither Alice, nor Soph and not even Jace came running toward me to greet me in their usual good morning. When I sauntered further in, I found Sebastian lounging in one of the chair, drinking orange juice straight from the bottle. When his eyes came to me he gave me a nod and turned back to whatever he was doing, when I walked nearer I realised he was playing chess on the iPad, and my gaze snagged on Hope who was also sitting there, on the floor, cross legged. She gave me a small smile and

