Charlie would have never thought that his daily hide-and-seek game with his older brother would reveal their parents’ family secret. A single paper with the word “Divorce” stopped the game for the boys and started a new mission: to save their parents’ marriage.
Simon, eleven, and his younger brother Charlie, nine, were having one of their usual weekend games of hide and seek.
It was a quiet Saturday afternoon, and the house was still, except for the sound of Simon counting aloud in front of the fridge. His eyes were squeezed shut as he slowly counted, “Eight, nine, ten!”
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Charlie, quick and light on his feet, raced upstairs in search of the perfect hiding spot. His small frame made him an expert at squeezing into places that Simon could never find him
