AARON
We were gonna be 12 next month. All I could think about was having the best birthday in the world. Parker couldn’t come last year cause he was taking care of some sick babies at the orphanage. He was so sweet. And …cute.
“Aaron!” Axel called. I was out back of the packhouse milling around until dinner. We had walked Parker back to the orphanage and finished our homework so I was just thinking about what presents I wanted.
“Dad’s called us to his office. He said you didn’t answer the mindlink.” Shoot. I’d been trying to think about presents. I ran in and we both sprinted to his office. Andrew met us outside and we walked in. Dad motioned for us to sit down.
The office used to intimidate me when I was younger. Large leather furniture, blacks and browns, huge books, three compute
