Sonya smiled when Aurora spoke. It was obvious that the girl was extremely shy, but Sonya was used to it. Working with children all day automatically made you a pro at first impressions if you did it long enough.

“It’s nice to meet you, too, Aurora,” she said in the sweetest voice. It wasn’t a forced kind of sweetness, but the sincere kind that can only come from a kind, calming soul. “Manny’s told me so much about you.”

Manny rolled his eyes and shook his head.

[color=a0410d]“That’s such a ‘mom’ line. You gonna show her my baby pictures next?”[/color]

“Don’t tempt me, Manhattan...Manny told me about the accident you had a while back...I’m sorry to hear about your horse, sweetheart.” Sonya noticed the cast on Aurora’s hand. “It must’ve really been something for you to still be in a cast.”