Chapter 35

Nancy " Mommy! Come and play! " my son called in a small voice. I smiled softly and pushed myself up from the lawn chair. When I walked down the terrace steps and started jogging, chasing my son, the hot summer sun shone on my back. When I reached out and picked him up, the high-pitched laughter filled my ears, and when I swung the little boy up to my hips, the sound became louder. I started scratching his body lightly, and a smile appeared in his laughter. " I'll save you Kaylie! " Leo's voice suddenly reached my ears, and I turned around in time to see him running towards us. Leo grabbed my leg and tried to pull me down with the weight of his whole body. I laughed at this moment and began to slowly and carefully put Kaylie and me to the ground. Leo quickly climbed to my side and pried my hand away from his brother's. Kaylie's small body rolled off me, and he quickly pushed himself onto the rickety toddler's lap. Leo reached out and took his little brother's hand and gently pulled h