“Caden?” Aria asked, looking across the room to her brother’s bed. After ice cream with their grandfather, they asked a few more questions about their family. He even showed them some pictures he had on his phone.
While it was exciting to see their family, it only made it clearer how much distance separated them. Their cousin was actually quite a bit older than they were. In their experience, older kids didn’t really care about younger ones, but maybe that wasn’t true if they were family.
“Caden?”
No answer.
“You know, Caden, you should talk more. It made maman really worried when you didn’t talk for so long. Oncle Paul kept saying you needed to be tested.”
No answer.
“Caden, are you asleep?”
“No.”
“What do you think about what grand-père said today?”
“About our papa?”
“Well,
