At Arm's length
He nodded his little head in response as he immediately did what I said.
After making sure he won't be found, I went ahead to look around the shelves, picking up the books and glancing through the pages, the smell of books was just calming. I got teary all of a sudden, tears threatened to fall and I blinked rapidly, trying to push it back.
I picked a book by Ben Okri, I wasn't sure I read it cause the title sounded strange.
"The famished road," I read out loud
A soft continuous knock on the door caught my attention, I raised my head up, looking away from the book to the door. I opened it to find my other two nephews.
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