It was 10 am on a Saturday.
Theo, who preferred to spend most of his time reading and watching his favorite movies and TV shows, was left at home with Charmaine while their parents and Athena worked, Richard trained in their Lolo Ted's company and the twins had soccer practice.
The youngest Rivers child was still fast asleep when her older brother checked on her. Theo thought it was odd because Charmaine had always been an early-riser who served as the home's dynamic living alarm clock, running from room to room and cheerfully waking everybody up. But because it was not a school day and they did sleep later than usual last night after a Lord of the Rings movie marathon, he let her sleep in.
He went downstairs for breakfast and decided to fix a plate of pancakes and eggs, his little sist
