Brandon Piers and Abigail returned to the manor and saw Elder Piers and Old Mr. Smith sitting in the living room playing chess. Teddy was sitting on the carpet nearby, holding a picture book about bears, reading it seriously.
As soon as the two of them came in, the little guy looked up, glanced at his dad, then his mom, hesitated, and stretched out his small hands toward Abigail for a hug.
Abigail used the hand sanitizer, walked over, and picked up the little guy.
Elder Piers glanced at his grandson, waved at his old friend, "We'll continue tomorrow."
Then he called Brandon into his room.
Old Mr. Smith got up slowly and looked at Abigail, who was holding Teddy, "Have you had dinner? They might talk late into the night; take Teddy and go to bed early."
"Yeah, grandpa, you should go to bed early too." Abigail responded, carrying Teddy upstairs with Aunt Claudia.
In the nursery, Abigail gave Teddy a bath and read him a story before he fell asleep.
