Duncan chimed in with a chuckle, “That's right. Our little Sonny isn’t three anymore. You’re a whole five-year-old now!”

Sonny could not find a retort to that. Okay, he was still a kid.

“Did Laurence say when he’s going home? You can visit him when he’s back.”

Liberty swiftly steered the topic away again, avoiding further interrogation. She seriously had no idea how to explain it.

“Laurence said he won’t be back until summer break. He lives with his teacher’s teacher now and even has to copy