The morning sun poured into the kitchen in soft golden streams, catching on the glass vase of lilies Sienna had set out on the counter. The smell of butter and cinnamon rolls drifted through the air, but it wasn’t food that had Alina bouncing in her seat.Her eyes sparkled, cheeks flushed pink as she babbled about colors, ribbons, and balloons.The past week had been spent Birthday planning for Leo and Alina. Their birthday was in a few days and it’ll be the first he spends with them. He had to make it worth it. Alina held the catalogue pointing “ I want pink ones, and purple, and maybe silver too because silver looks like magic,” she said, swinging her legs under the chair. “And a big cake—two layers, no, three. With stars. Can we, Mummy?”Sienna laughed softly, brushing flour from her fingers. “We’ll see, baby girl. That’s a lot of cake.”Leo, sitting across from her, pretended not to listen, eyes glued to the tablet in his hands. But the faint tug at the corner of his lips betraye
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