Maya's Point of View
Sunbeams bathed the living room floor in warm amber colored stripes and Lee and Sami cast long shadows as they huddled over a sheet of paper between them. Markers fell off the surface of the coffee table and were abandoned as they giggled over a silly drawing Lee had made of a bunny eared dragon. The mood was relaxed and warm. I was in the kitchen slicing apples into thin fans for their snack, enjoying the lightheartedness of it all.
Adam was sitting across from them, half-absentminded lost in some work on his laptop. But his eyes kept going to the kids, lingering longer than necessary. Watching them together, laughing, and rubbing shoulders.
"Okay, who wants apples and peanut butter?" I yelled out.
"Me!" Lee shrieked, jumping up.
Sami didn't answer. I noticed
