“Would you get tired of me one day if I keep behaving like this?” Xyla Quest asked.

“No. I would never get tired of you,” Stanley Batton answered in earnest.

“Really?” she asked.

“I’ll get struck by lightning if I’m lying,” he said, prompting Xyla to place her finger hastily on his lips.

“What are you saying? Don’t say nonsense like that!”

“Let’s go and check on our kids,” she said, holding his hand before they returned to the living room.

She picked up Leon Batton while her husband carrie