Seeing these two about to banter again, I quickly got up and said, "I'll go to the annex to check on them!"

Ava immediately shouted, "I want to go see Grandpa too!"

I had to try to reach out and grab her, but Byron got there before and lifted Ava off the ground. I understood that he was afraid it would be hard for me to carry her.

"Oh, right! What about breakfast for the others?" I asked. After all, Loak's siblings and the medical staff were in the annex building.

"Don't worry, Jim has arranged