Something that seemed to captivate me about her was those incredible eyes. How unbelievably foolish any parent has to be to deny such a beautiful child, I’ll never know. We stood in front of each other for what must’ve been only about a minute or so, but felt like hours, just staring. The lighting in the room seemed to intensify her emerald eyes. As piercing and deep as they were, they also presented innocence. Such eyes of deep intellectual thought, all the while carrying innocence and youthfulness; definitely not something I had seen very often.
“Um… Mr. Soel?” The caretaker said, breaking my train of thought.
“Oh! I’m sorry about that.” I chuckled sheepishly.
“Well, I think it might be time for the kids to head back to their rooms. It is getting kind of late. Lea, wanna say goodbye to Mr. Soel?” She gestured to Lea.