"You are my family. We are working on the paperwork. But once it is all seen through, Gideon, you could be Gideon O'Shea. Do you want that?" Holden thought it sounded quite nice, all things considered, but he didn't want to take the boy's identity from him. What he did take from him were the plates, which he set out.

He put a generous portion of mashed potato on Gideon's plate first, then began using the veggie to make a face. Carrots for the eyes, with pea pupils, a broccoli nose and then he got a piece of bacon from the fridge so there would be a nice mouth. He showed it to Gideon and smiled. "There. Special dinner for my brave boy."