“I know. But I haven’t had the time.” He had been working hard these past few months and had finished his economics book and found a publisher for it.
“I know. You’ve been busy, but we have the time now. So I thought we could drive down to Florida. Mom is already talking Disney.” He said the last part really quietly because otherwise Willy wouldn’t be able to get the kids to sleep for a week. “What do you think?”
Willy nodded. “I think that would be really nice. But what about the dogs?”
“Chase said that he would watch them for us while we’re gone.”
“Will we be able to get tickets? It is spring break,” Willy cautioned.
“I can. Your spring break is early, so there are still tickets available. We can leave on Friday as soon as you’re done with work. I’ll sleep during the day so we can drive well into the night.” He smiled, and Willy swallowed hard.
“You’ve really thought a lot about this.”
“I have. I want all of us to have a great time and do things as a family.” He turned and tugged Willy into a kiss.
“So it sounds like we’ll be taking our first family vacation.”
“Yeah. The first of many,” Kevin said, and Willy nodded and smiled. A family home and family vacations—hopefully without threats or arson. Though truthfully, if occasional drama was the price for having Kevin in his life… bring it on.
