Broken Vows, Rising Flames
Calmly, I pulled out a small box, and inside it was a toy dinosaur, a T-Rex, Maurice's favourite.
The moment his eyes stole a flash at it, his expression softened into nothing but blissful joy. He stretched his hand for it, and I handed it over.
“It’s a T-Rex,” he remembered.
I helped him unwrap it and handed it over to his trembling hands, watching him smile at it and move it on the rails of the bed, making funny animal sounds, and we both laughed together.
"Mum," he called softly, our gaze locked on each other. “I’m going to name him… Uncle Damon.”
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