The last few days have been great with my mother here visiting. Today she insisted that Derek and I take a day for ourselves. It's been so long since we have had an actual date. With the war, Ali, and the baby, things have been hectic.
Derek has some business to take care of first, so I decided to visit Alphie. Derek managed to place him in one of the smaller houses. This gave Alphie room to move around freely.
I knocked on the door when I hear Alphie, "Who is it?"
"It's me, Izzy," I said, leaning closer to the door.
He opened the door, and I stepped inside the shield, "How are you today?"
"I'm good, but running out of reading materials," he rested his long pale finger on his chin as he smiled at me.
"Is there anything, in particular, you wish to read?" I sat down on the chair i
