Trick (Foolish Kingdoms, #1)

by Natalia Jaster

Some days, it wasn’t easy with him. Raising him, hoping he would grasp what I tried to teach him, having to repeat myself constantly whilst using the same words. Remembering to keep every object in the same spot, so that he wouldn’t confuse items like a knife and a spoon, simply because one was left where the other should have been. Enduring his fits and flare-ups, his bouts of confusion and frustration whenever he didn’t comprehend something. Bearing his weight as he climbed all over me, no matter what mood he caught me in, when I sometimes lacked the energy to keep up. Not being here for him every day, coping with remorse and too much love for one person to take. I confess to days when it tired me. But always, Nicu’s precious traits, all the good of him, outweighed the rest. He was my everything, my musical fae—feisty and funny, bright and imaginative. A treasure, not a trial.