(Caroline's POV)
"We're going to play a game," Aiden says, his voice gentle. "A number game. Is that okay?"
Charlie nods, interested.
Aiden writes three numbers on the whiteboard. His age, mine, and Jasmine's.
28 29 52
"Can you find numbers on the floor that show how old all three of us are together?" Aiden asks.
We scatter number tiles across the kitchen floor—the set I bought Charlie last week to practice counting at home.
Charlie drops to his knees immediately, scanning the tiles. His fingers move quickly, picking up a 1, then a 0, then a 9.
He arranges them carefully.
109.
I grab my phone and pull up the calculator. Twenty-eight plus twenty-nine plus fifty-two...
One hundred and nine.
"Oh my God," I whisper.
Jasmine and Aiden are staring at Charlie with identical expressio
