“Yeah, yeah, baby girl.” Bette told her daughter and together they finally made their way to the car.

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Bette was making dinner while Jolene was coloring in her room when Sterling walked in.

“Hey!” He called out.

“Hi, baby boy. How was your first day back in school?” She asked him while he kicked off his shoes.

“It was fine. We have this cool kid in our class, Elijah. He also loves theater like I do and he is really funny.” Sterling walked to the kitchen and kept on talking. “He is in a wheelchair but after a few hours, you don’t even notice it anymore. I think we will become good friends.” He explained. He gave his mother a kiss on the cheek when he arrived in the kitchen. “How was Jolene’s first day?” He wanted to know.

“Pretty good. She likes her teachers and apparently, she also likes the kids in her class so that’s good, I think.” She explained. “But go ask her yourself, she’ll be happy to tell you the full story.”

Sterling laughed. “Yeah, probably.”

He walked to his own room; to place his backpack there and then went to his sister’s room.

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Bette, Sterling and Jolene sat at the table, eating dinner.

“So, Sterling, tell me a little bit more about Elijah.” Bette said.

“Well, I don’t really know a lot about him but he has this unusual last name: Kennard-Fanon. We don’t know why he has that last name. He seems to be taller than I am but you can really tell because he is in a wheelchair.”

“Why is he in a wheelchair?” Jolene wanted to know.

Sterling looked at his little sister. “He didn’t tell us and we didn’t ask. We don’t want to be rude or anything.”

“Does he have brothers or sisters?” Bette asked, glad that her son seemed to have found a friend.

“No, he doesn’t. What about you, Jolene, did you make any friends?”

“I played with… Darin, Kendra, Shiloh and Fabio.” Jolene explained.

“And which film did you and mom watch?” He asked.

Jolene began to talk about the movie but it was not clear to anyone what she meant. She rambled for a few minutes before she ended with: “And they lived happily ever after.”