ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE - INTERVIEW DAY

Cassy POV

That night, we put the kids to bed.

“Goodnight kids,” Caleb said, tucking them into bed, but Oakley was fast.

She grabbed Caleb’s hands and pulled him to the wooden bench at the bottom of the window.

Next, she took a picture book from her bag and ran to her father, placing the book in his waiting hands.

“You wanted me to read you a story?”

“Uhuh!” She nodded before tucking her little body on her father’s left side.

Caleb groaned.

Throughout the dinner, he kept whispering to me how he was anticipating the alone time, but Oakley was making him wait.

I laughed, prompting Caleb to tug at my hand and make me sit beside him.

“Caleb!” I shrieked, but Caleb only wrapped his free arm around my waist to pull me to his side.

Joachim, on the other hand, sat on his sister’s side, listening while his hands were busy twisting his Rubix cube.

Then, he started reading.

“Once upon a time, in a land far, far, away….” He droned on.

Every time Caleb had to turn a page, he would nudge me because