A Rough Night

Fred studied the girl before him, she had seemed quiet at first, warily looking at the strange surroundings. He had to commend her on how patient the girl had been. Glad to know that he won't have to go to the extreme in silencing her if she had thrown tantrum like kids her age.

He watched as the girl already had herself occupied with a drawing pad she brought out of her bag. The only thing she had in common with Tessa was the same hair colour, every other thing had been gotten from Roarkes except the cleft chin which is dominant only among the males.

"When is mummy coming?" Ari looked up to ask the man who was her mum's friend.

Fred stopped his pace and turned to her, "mummy seems to be running late, she'll join us soon, she just called to tell me she will soon be here" he lied.