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

ever hope for ”

ground. “But I want

I

say to comfort her.

was good with Elva.

I remembered our days together. He was ambitious

rest of the world, but he always compromised with me. He was

and his money

after we fought with one another, we would always

my cheek with his thumb 1 can’t

unhappy”

of that caring man into a future where we would be married and

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other through the night, just as we had done in the past, when one

warm he was it

the present There, I chastised myself for thinking of Nicholas that way

for good reasons,

was clear we would never be together. And for good

I

known that three years ago, maybe I would have never pursued him then either Our hearts had been so close, but our

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