Emily knew dropping the brother bomb on Ben and Isabella would be rough.

Having to share Mom's attention with someone new? That's pretty heavy stuff for kids.

So she tried to ease into it.

"Mommy has this friend with a sick kid. He's your age but doesn't talk much and he's super shy. Poor thing doesn't have a mom. What do you think about that?"

Ben had to hold back a laugh.

Mom was clearly talking about Sam. They already knew ...