After settling Sugar Bun down for the night, Eudora went back to her room. She saw Amos standing in the middle of the bedroom, looking at the photo on the table.

Eudora had taken that photo secretly in the past and it was of him playing with the children.

The sunshine had been just right. It had come through the cracks of the windowsill and covered his side profile with a layer of golden light.

After staring at it for a while, Amos could not help but reach out and touch his face again.

Eudora entered the room at that moment. She came to a halt just as she pushed...