Evelyn
We had plans to go back to Oakhaven but somehow I still wanted to see the distraught faces of Charlie and Serena, it made it all so fun to look at.
Leo was on the sitting room floor with his crayons and a fresh sheet of paper when Julian walked in, with hands in his pockets, wearing the expression of a man who had been rehearsing an opening line for longer than he was going to admit.
"Can we talk?" he said.
"Sure," I replied, reaching across to hand Leo the red crayon he had been stretching toward.
"About going back to Oakhaven…" Julian began, settling onto the arm of the sofa, "we have been here longer than we originally planned and the team back home needs us."
"Mama look," Leo thrust his paper toward my face with both hands, "I drew the bad dragon and he is on fire."
I too
