HAZEL
"Check out this picture," Emannuella said, pointing at the photo of a kid. " Sparrow when he was much younger. That's when he first joined our pack. He was such a quiet, grumpy little thing back then! I remember how he'd just sit under that tree, frowning like that? It's crazy how even then, he looked like a little model straight out of a magazine.”
"You won't believe this, but I've tried taking pictures of him when he's not looking. They always turn out great! He's such a good kid," she said with a warm smile. I returned her smile, feeling a sense of understanding and connection.
"And look at this one!" Emmanuella exclaimed, her finger tracing the edge of a framed album photo. "This is when Thaddeus was a real little rascal. He refused to put on any clothes, so he just ran around
