AllFreeNovel
Share Us
“Is Miss Barnes going to live with us?” Kal asked, his eyes on the video game.
“No.” I glanced at him. “Why? You want her to?”
He shrugged. “You could marry her instead of Faith.”
I flinched as if he’d socked me in the chest. “What…why would you say that?”
“Because you’re alone, Uncle Ash. And sad.”
“I’m sad about your mom and dad.”
“And Faith because she’s not here?”
I swallowed hard. “Yeah. I’m sad about that too.”
“She doesn’t want to live here?”
“I don’t think so, buddy. It’s not for everyone.”
A sudden thought jolted him, and he looked at me with wide, fearful eyes. “Do we have to move to Seattle?”
“Nope. We’re staying here.”
“Oh, because Daddy said…” Kaleo got choked up but composed himself with more gravitas than I thought an eight-year-old possessed. “Daddy said you were going to move to Seattle and marry Faith.”
“Yeah, well that’s not going to happen anymore. You don’t have to worry about that, okay?”
“Okay.”
And then he leaned his head on my shoulder and played his game while the tears dried on his cheeks.
