It was strange but the sun always seemed to shine through the windows of the Evening Star Rest and Retirement Home. Felix’s mother was looking straight up to the ceiling, smiling broadly.
‘I knew it’d be a surprise to you to find out that you had a grandson you didn’t know about. Well, to be honest with you, I didn’t know about him either. But, well, Ian’s got no one else to turn to now. You see, he’s all alone. He’s very quiet; a very quiet sort of boy. He enjoys jokes, you see, but in a quiet sort of way. When, well, when he’s settled in, I might bring him to see you. You’d like that, wouldn’t you?’ His mother turned her head slowly and looked at Felix. Then, as a cloud passed over the sun, her smile faded. He sat looking at her for a long time. Then he got up and went to find Miss Wellbeloved. Now Ian was his only living relative.
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