EXTREME REACTIONS

The patio doubled as the house’s breakfast room. For now, it felt more like a party area because of the laughter, giggles, cheerful tones and the continuous stories that Diwa and Eron were telling the kids…

Of course, the one they insisted on hearing first was the accident that happened at the lumberyard that morning. It was interesting that the two adults were both telling the story in sync with each other, even finishing each other’s sentences.

Though they weren’t aware, the young ones were very much so. And that added to their amazement and awe as they listened to their surrogate mom and her new boarder continue their tale.

“He picked me and Jack up, and I immediately checked him if he was hurt,” the landlady said, as she poured her and Eron a new batch of chamomile tea. “Good thing he only had a small wound on his elbow.”