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“It’s okay, I’m a friend of the person who owns this house. I won’t tell anybody your awake if you don’t want me to?”
The sweetest little voice I have ever heard whispers.
“You’re friends with Uncle Mickey and Frank?”
Did she just say Uncle? What the . . . ?
“Yep, I sure am. Mick’s your uncle?” I ask as calmly as I can without hyperventilating.
“Yep,” she whispers.
Shit . . .
“Who’s your mommy?”
“My mommy is Emily. Do you know her too?”
My heart starts to beat out of my chest as I try to calculate how old she is.
“I do know your mommy, she’s an old friend of mine.”
“Cool.”
“What’s your name sweetheart?”
Still whispering she says, “My name is Ireland, what’s yours?”
Did she say, Ireland? This cannot be happening. I just keep hearing Emily telling me that she loved all things Irish back in California.
“It’s nice to meet you, Ireland. My name is Jonathan.”
“Hi, Jonafon.”
I think she might be the cutest thing I have ever seen.
Trembling I take a couple of steps into her room but not far enough to frighten her.
“Ireland, how old you?”
“I’m four with a half.”
My heart has jumped out of my body, I just know it has. I was never great at math but even I can do this math. Just as I feel I might have a God damned heart attack right here and now I feel a hand on my shoulder. I startle and turn around to see Cami holding what I think is a baby monitor in her hand just as Ireland says, “Sorry, Aunt Cami. I can’t sleep. This is Jonafon, he’s a friend of momma’s and Uncle Mickey’s.”
Still with her hand on my shoulder Cami says, “He’s a friend of mine too, Ireland, and I’m glad you two could meet, but you really need to go to sleep. I was supposed to be making sure you were sleeping tonight and I’m gonna get in trouble if you don’t get to dreaming, little one.”
“Okay, I’ll try better, Aunt Cami.”
Cami walks over to the bed and tucks her covers in around her and gives her a kiss on the forehead. On her way back to the door she turns me around to leave with her.
“Bye, Jonafon. See you later,” the cutest voice on the planet whispers.
“What the hell is going on, Cami? She’s four and a half?”
I can barely breathe.
“Let Emily explain, Jonathan. Just listen to her. You may not like everything you hear and you may not understand it all but she’s worth it. But I think you already know that though.”
I see her look over my shoulder and give a nod of her head.
