Robert looked at Rose. "My sister's name is Ivy, but she went missing."

"Oh," Rose said. "I have a little sister, too. She's my best friend. Her name is Irene."

Robert glanced at the hairclip on Rose's hair and said, "That's my older sister's hairclip. She might get upset if you use her things!" He paused, before continuing, "I will buy you a pretty hair clip next time, okay?"

Rose beamed. "Sure. But I have no money so I can't buy you anything in return."

"I have money. A lot of it. I can give you some of it," he said, before taking Rose's hand and pulling her to his room.

The two children formed a bond swiftly without the help of the adults, and Avery gasped as she watched them disappear into Robert's room.

"Haha, looks like Robert really knows his way around the ladies! We won't have to worry about him getting a wife in the future!" Mrs. Cooper teased.

"He isn't that nice to other girls if I remember correctly," Elliot said.

He had heard from Mrs. Cooper of a time when Rober