THE NEXT day, Helios and his friends leave early. Cindy and Sam decided then that they would stay for a while.

“You didn’t come down last night, huh, Zoe? What did you do inside the room?” asked Cindy, carrying her daughter. After bathing her daughter and dressing her, Cindy immediately took the little girl.

“Yeah. You left us with those jerks downstairs,” Sam complained while busy tying her shoelaces.

Zoe was delighted that Sam could get along and erased the awkwardness.

Zoe just shook her head and returned things to her daughter’s bag. “We just talked,” she replied.

“Really? Just talking… no touching?” asked Cindy.

She rolled her eyes and...