~ SIENNA ~ I had changed into some casual clothes and was taking a walk around the property. Things had changed here too. There were new house staff, repainted walls, and upgraded furniture. This wide, once-empty corridor where I had sprinted through as a child — bare feet striking concrete as I raced against myself — had been transformed into a polished walkway with souvenirs from my parent’s travels arranged along its walls. If you moved too quickly now, you would either slip on the smooth marble floor or break something overhead. I walked slowly, taking it all in. A cough from behind startled me. Dad. “Hi Dad.” “Little changes here and there, huh?” he said, glancing around like he too were seeing them for the first time. “Yeah. And they’re all beautiful.” He smiled, givin

