CHAPTER 4
The morning started out with a commotion downstairs when Marshall tried to eat the lavender potpourri out of the bowl on the entranceway nightstand.
Seeing as the sun was rather hot that day, no one had enough energy to react properly when they realized exactly what the child had done. Elliot laughed it off, while Claude scolded him but didn’t follow up his words with any action. Toby and Channing merely stared for several seconds and then went back to eating breakfast, reminding themselves to inform their son what was edible and what wasn’t.
Toby turned his head and scanned the backyard. The children were trying t