Taken aback, Doc was frozen for a moment before he gently stroked Laurence’s head and asked tenderly, “Why do you ask that?”

“I’ve never seen my birth parents. I don’t even know what they looked like. If they were alive, why wouldn’t they come look for me? How could I have been left on the roadside for Mommy Jane to pick up?”

The little boy was sharp. He could piece things together.

“Sonny’s parents are divorced, but he still sees his dad often. He lives with his mom, and even when she works