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Eli only spared his mother a glance before waving goodbye and running into the small elementary school. Aurora laughed. She was happy that Eli was so excited to go to his new school. There were already a few kids that Eli had played with that were also in his class.

“He is very independent,” one of the teachers commented. Aurora nodded in agreement. Aurora thanked the teacher and turned around and walked back to where Arden stood on the sidewalk.

“He did not even look back at me,” Aurora playfully acted wounded. Arden wrapped his arms around her and kissed her temple.

“He is a boy,” Arden said as if that was answer enough. Aurora laughed once more before getting into the passenger seat of Arden’s car. Arden had offered to drop her off at Ava’s home.

Arden turned the corner and Aurora noticed that the houses all looked like the one that her mother now lived in. Arden answered her question before she could ask. “All of these homes were built at the same time. My father had to expand