Twenty-three minutes later when Zoe came back all sweaty and red, Aubrey jumped up and down in delight,

“That was so quick! Wow!”

Christopher stood with his arms crossed, “Good job,”

Zoe collapsed on the ground from exhaustion. Both Christopher and Aubrey rushed to her side. Zoe raised a hand “I’m alright guys,”

It had been a month since Ashley’s arrival, and Zoe had been taking things one at a time, slowly and steadily.

“I’ll get water for you,” said Aubrey and ran into the house.

Christopher crouched on her left, he looked at her with amusement in his eyes

“I have to say that was really impressive,”

Zoe closed...