With his dark eyes sparkling, Sonny asked, “Why can’t boys wear dresses?”

Duncan replied, “That’s because dresses are for girls.”

Sonny turned his attention to Duncan.

Zachary grabbed a pair of pants and picked Sonny up to help him into the pants. He said, “That’s because boys have to do a lot of heavy lifting, and doing the work in a dress makes it quite difficult.”

“Why are boys doing the heavy lifting?”

“Boys have to do the hard work, so the girls don’t have to. We leave the lighter load to your mom and your aunt.”

Somewhat getting the idea, Sonny answered, “I’ll do the heavy lifting when I grow up, so Mom and Aunt Ser get less work.”

Zachary remarked with a smile, “Good boy, Sonny.”

Duncan had no words.

Ring, ring, ring…

The intercom phone was ringing.

Putting Sonny down, Zachary got up to take the call.

He quickly put down the phone and told Sonny, “Your mom’s here, Sonny.”

“Mom’s here.”

Hearing that his mother had arrived, the little guy immediately st