Chapter 4
Leonardo nodded once in a while as he half-listened to Miriam, the Royal Secretary, droning on about the list of meetings he would be attending with some members of the government. He didn’t bother to give Miriam his full attention because he knew his itinerary by heart. In fact, he remembered his various schedules of the week just fine. He wasn’t old and senile yet.
“…meeting with the members of Parliament…blah, blah, blah…opening ceremony for the new wing at the hospital to house the increasing number of pediatric patients…blah, blah, blah…”
At the present moment, he was much more interested in the joyful sound of his children as they played catch and tag with Tristan in the garden, which was located right next to his office. Their laughter was like a balm to his aching hear
