Reborn
Although the boy was only six years old, he carried himself with the bearing of a small man. Mature beyond his years, he had never allowed anyone to coddle him, much to his mother Carrie's chagrin. At this moment he was angry with both of his older sisters for teasing him by calling him a baby, all because his mother insisted on putting him to bed before the moon was even full in the sky. The three children had been lounging peacefully in their playroom, each engrossed in their own activities until Carrie interrupted them, changing the mood entirely and causing Eddie to become the center of unwanted attention and teasing.
"You're just a baby, Eddie, and babies need plenty of sleep…I'm old enough to know that at least!" Sofia whispered behind her hand, as she pretended to rock her Thumbelina doll to sleep.
Anyway—who you calling baby, Sofia? You're just barely older'n me!"
"You, Eddie…B-A-B-Y!" she spelled out. "And I am two whole years older than you, which makes me way older! If you weren't such a baby you would be able to count!" Sofia chanted gleefully, enjoying torturing her little brother; he was too big for his britches as far as she was co ... read full excerpt from Reborn ebook
