Leon was already awake when Evelyn came downstairs, sitting at the kitchen table with his legs swinging under the chair, a bowl of cereal going soft in front of him. He really made cereal for himself, her baby was growing.It had been about a week since Aidan came and everything was just all LUXE since then."Nine days," he said, before she'd even said good morning.Eveln smiled. She obviously knew what he meant. "Nine days for what, baby?""My birthday." He said it like she should have known.Evelyn poured her coffee and let him talk. And he did talk — about cake first, chocolate with the little sugar stars on top, not the vanilla one from last year, and then about the theme, and then about who was coming, counting names off on his fingers like he'd rehearsed it."And Mr. Aidan has to come."Evelyn's hand paused over the sugar."Why does Mr. Aidan have to come?"Leon looked at her like it was the most obvious thing in the world. "Because he's my friend."She sat down across from him,
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