“Oooo.” Asher cooed and smiled at me, accentuating his tone in a playful, lovebird mocking way.
“Hey…!” I tried to playfully slap him on the arm in response, but he was one step ahead and dodged my swipe first before retreating behind me, then walked with me to greet Abe at the door.
Upon seeing that Abe was there, I pushed the release button to open the gate, but it didn’t look like it was opening. I’m sure Abe would remember the code and would usually come straight to the door, so maybe something wasn’t working properly? I thought, and realised that my brothers hadn’t come straight to the front door either.
I tried the inside release button again but I couldn’t see that the gate was working, so I braved the potential soaking from the rain, threw my hand over my forehead as I saw the c
