CHAPTER NINE
“I think I should go now,” Mark suddenly said.
He had spent a little over half an hour making small talk with Becka, Lily, and Bryan, and he had just decompressed after the turmoil of the day. At his sudden announcement, all eyes turned to him with curiosity.
“It was great spending time with you, guys,” Mark opened his arms.
He didn’t lie at all. He had enjoyed talking to them, even if the subjects of discussion weren’t earth-shattering.
In the meantime, he had been watching the twins play, and barely kept his astonishment in check. The kids made things appear out of thin air, ignoring the toys their parents had bought for them, neatly stacked in the racks of a small cupboard set behind the sofa. Their brand of games nearly blew Mark’s mind, although he made efforts not t
