For a moment, I sat there in shock, looking at Elva and her wide, earnest eyes.

Nicholas wasn’t exactly the last person I thought she’d say. He had been visiting her a lot lately, he always seemed to make time for her. But I would have thought Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny would

have taken higher priority for a three year old

My face burned hot at the implication that Nicholas would well, we would have to be married for

Nicholas to be Elva’s father, wouldn’t we?

I cleared my throat. “Um, Elva, honey Nicholas can’t be your dad

Elva tilted her head. “Why not?”

“Someday he’s going to have his own family to take care of His own wife, and his own kids. He won’t

have time to spend with you and me

Elva’s shoulders slumped “Why?”

“We won’t be living here anymore then, and he’d have to travel away from them to see us. You wouldn’t

want him to make his family sad, just so he’d come to see us?

“But I’ll be sad

Her face fell and my heart ached.

“Someday, I’ll find a nice man that wants to be a part of our family, Elva And he’ll be the best dad you

hope for

down to the ground.

I

was more I could say to comfort her. I understood her attachment to Nicholas He

He was good with Elva. He

an excellent husband. I remembered

willed with the rest of the world, but he always compromised

time and his money

after we fought with one another, we

love you,” he had whispered as he caressed my cheek with his

unhappy”

a future where we would be

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through the night, just as we had done in the past, when one of us or the other snuck

warm he was it

pulling myself back into the present There, I chastised

And for good

clear we would never be together. And for good reasons,

I

known that three years ago, maybe I would have never pursued him then either Our hearts had been so close, but our social classes were so far apart, he might

on the

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