"I'm looking at photos of me and your father. Would you like to see them?" Avery asked.

Hayden immediately turned to look out the window and said, "I don't."

"I won't look at them either then." Avery put her phone down, then turned to her son and said, "Thank you for today, Hayden. I suggested taking family portraits because we haven't taken one since your grandmother passed away. There's also another reason."

Hayden withdrew his gaze from the window.

He was willing to listen to his mother.