130. Children Who Notice EverythingWesley

Adults think children miss things.

They think we’re too busy being loud, too distracted by cartoons and snacks and arguments over whose turn it is to pour juice. They think we don’t see the pauses, the swallowed breaths, the way silence settles heavier in a room after certain words.

They are wrong.

We notice everything.

That’s how I know the exact second Mum saw the photo.

I wasn’t in her office when it happened. I didn’t need to be. I was ...