She's My Sleeping Pill

"Let's go to the study room," Stefan responded and stood up. He told Tristan about the remaining tasks that should be done before the end of the day before taking Zeki from his wife to carry him upstairs. Their children had grown up and even though they weren't that heavy, he still disliked the idea of his wife carrying them for a long period of time. He didn't want her to get tired.

"Julia, can I leave the other kids to you? We will be right back."

"Sure!" Julia exclaimed in response almost instantly and went up to the kids. However, her happiness didn't last long. She found Rey, the bodyguard, walking up to the kids as well and he even started playing with Aziel. The child liked him so much and he was giggling when Rey tickled his neck.

Julia couldn't believe that a psycho-looking guy would be close to the children. Her opinion was driven with fear and intimidation that she felt from the man. She always had this thought that Rey would be able to snap her neck in two should she do something bad to the kids.

Whenever this bodyguard was around, she felt like walking on eggshells. It felt to her that logic and reason wouldn't work on Rey.

Stefan went to the study room with his wife and Dr. Rivera while carrying his son in his arms. When he got there, he gently placed his son on the crib. In fact, cribs were littered everywhere in the property and for the triplets since most of the time, the nannies would bring them around to get some fresh air and bath in sunlight.

"So, what did you find?" Cayenne asked as soon as Stefan sat next to her. "Is anything serious?"

To start their serious discussion, Dr. Rivera pulled out a black flash drive from his chest pocket, handed it to Stefan and spoke about his findings. "Zeki is not autistic and I'm certain about that," he said, and a big thorn was finally pulled out of Cayenne's and Stefan's chest. "However," and suddenly their breathing hitched. "Zeki is not...uhm, how do we define normal?"

"S-So, something's... something is wrong with him?" Cayenne asked hesitantly while gripping her husband's hand.

"I don't think it's something worrying, but it is something you should pay attention to. You need to guide him and make sure that he is well-informed. You see, Zeki is a genius. I would dare say that. While spending time with him and carefully observing him right in front of me, I noticed a lot of things that other children wouldn't do but Zeki did."

"Like what?" Cayenne and Stefan questioned Dr. Rivera at the same time. It was obvious that they were both anxious.

"Zeki is well aware of the camera inside the nursery room. I could say it because he had been staring at my pre-installed micro camera the moment he got inside my room. Your son's awareness is high compared to other kids. When he was with me, he would just play with toys and flip the pages of the children's books that I placed around him. He didn't make any sound.

Yet, when he was spending time with the kids, Andrei and Neon told me that Zeki was really amazing. He could identify shapes, letters, numbers, animals, and colors."

"Are you sure about that?" Stefan spoke in disbelief.

"Kids don't lie," was Dr. Rivera's response. "Anyway, it was just one of the few things that the kids told me after spending time with him. Neon also told me that Zeki has a way of organizing things."

"Organizing? My son?" Cayenne blurted out in surprise. It was her first time hearing someone say that a child, not even a one-year-old, was organizing things. "How's that possible?"

"Since Zeki is very sensitive to adults who might be observing him, I asked the kids to interact with them and tell me what Zeki was doing. It turned out that after playing with the toys and the books, he arranged them by colors. According to Neon, Zeki looked very happy when he finished sorting out the items around him.

When Andrei tried putting all the books together onto the bookshelf, your son started crying. Zeki is very young, and I don't want to make a clinical diagnosis aside from the autism part. I suggest that once he turns one year old, which will happen in the next few months, you should let him undergo an IQ test.

As for the OCD part, which I don't want to confirm as of this moment, I suggest that you ask the nannies to observe him instead of putting a lot of cameras in the nursery room. Not just the nannies, I would recommend that you allow him to spend time with other people and let them make some behavioral observations. In that way, you can record the things that would upset him and make him happy.

For now, your goal is to make sure that he won't be distressed by other people's carelessness when spending time with him."

"I understand your point," Stefan expressed knowing that their child was indeed a little special. They weren't stressed upon hearing the possibility that their child might have OCD.

It wasn't anything contagious and although a lot of medical experts say that such a condition was considered a mental disorder, Stefan believed that their son was really just a genius and someone who might be very organized with his things. At least, he could now tell that among his children, one of them can be trusted in keeping his room clean.

"We'll do what you just said," Cayenne added after a moment of silence. "I know this is too much to ask, but would it be fine if you could allow Andrei to come over and play with the kids? It would be great if Neon could come, too. I'll also ask Jillyanna to bring Raizel and Jade here."

"I'm okay with Andrei, but I'll ask my girlfriend about Neon first. She's overprotective of him."

"It doesn't have to be every weekend. They can visit us whenever they want as long as they don't have anything else scheduled."

Meanwhile, Julia was pondering over Cayenne's question earlier. She was already doubting Zeki's health and the moment she heard Cayenne's words, she got this feeling that the couple was hiding something serious about their son. [I should go home soon and do some research.] Julia thought while waving the teddy bear to Jahzara.

Although she was smiling in front of the child, Rey could tell that Julia's attention wasn't really on the little girl. [I should pressure Eliott to tighten his hold on this woman.] Rey told himself as he caressed Aziel's head and watch him drink his fruit shake.