The next day, Adrian was quiet the whole day in school that the teacher feared he might be sick but Adrian promised he was fine.Now, he sat at the kitchen table with his homework spread out in front of him but he wasn't looking at it and his pencil just moved in circles on the page without writing anything.Claire had called Eunice to help her with him until she was back and now, Eunice watched him from where she was making dinner and her heart ached because the boy had been like this since she brought him home two hours ago, quiet, sad and far away."Adrian, baby, you need to finish your math homework." Eunice said gently.Adrian stared at her for a moment before looking back at his book, "I don't feel like it." Adrian's voice was small."How come?" Eunice asked in concern, she turned off the stove and walked over to sit beside him. "What's wrong, sweetheart?"Adrian stared at his hands for a long moment and then looked up at her with those eyes that were too sad for a five-year-old
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