Chapter 188- Epilogue

“It’s time for bed, Caleb. Let’s go,” Charlotte told Caleb with her arms crossed over her chest, giving him no room to argue.

“Just let me win this game…” he argued absently, more focused on the game he was playing on his iPad.

“You’ve spent your extra fifteen minutes,” she said, taking the device out of his grasp. He frowned, but conceded in the end.

“Fine.”

As Charlotte tucked him into bed, she couldn’t imagine how the times had changed. It had been six months since Laura had been taken away, her parents had been released and since she had started running her own business.

Caleb had started therapy again, and it had definitely worked. These days, he spoke so often and did whatever he wanted to do that it was hard to believe he had been the same mute boy from months ago. He had just turned four, but the topic of his birth mother never came up fortunately. He seemed to blend right in, just as sweet and annoying as any other four year old boy.

“I love you mommy,” he wh