“Come on, eat more, so you’ll grow taller,” Sariyah said with a smile.
Luis was thrilled, convinced now that his beloved Brother Titus would be coming. His appetite doubled.
Halfway through eating, he asked curiously, “Mom, will Brother Sonny come too? I’ve never met him. Titus and the others talk about him a lot, but I’ve never seen him.”
Luis’ little social circle wasn’t small, but it wasn’t big either. He mostly played with kids from other prominent families in the city.
He didn’t fully grasp friendship yet—kids his age rarely did. Arguments one day, reconciliation the next—that was normal.
Still, he envied his cousins, who always seemed to have more friends and playmates.
Now, most of them were at his Seventh Uncle River’s hometown, playing together, while he stayed home, left to his own small joys in the yard.
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