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“I don’t know. Maybe since Liam is going to be a football player, and we’re going to make him a dead one, you should be a cheerleader, and we could make you a dead zombie one, too.”
The wicked smile on his face is contemplative as he squints his eyes at me.
Great. Now I’m going to be a cheerleader.
“Yeah!”
I’m pretty sure Liam will just agree with anything Brady says at this point.
“But what does that leave for you? Are you going to be a dead football player, too?” I start giggling as I say, “Maybe you should be a zombie cheerleader, too!”
Scoffing, Brady looks over the bowls on the table and dumps the end of the salad on his plate.
“I can do better than that. Maybe I’ll be the Grim Reaper or some other kind of zombie guy. I don’t know yet.”
So, he either hasn’t decided yet or doesn’t want to tell me.
Whatever.
“Liam, use some of that energy to clear the table.”
His bouncing around is starting to drive me crazy.
“So, are you in?”
Brady’s determined to lock this down right now.
What the hell. What can it hurt at this point?
Another week, and it’s Halloween. It’s going to be hard no matter when.
And not just for Liam, either. I’ve done a great deal of convincing myself this is all Liam, but I definitely am going to miss it here. This is one thing I can acknowledge.
I like Brady. I like him a lot, and I’m attracted to him. As much as I hated him when we officially met, I’ve come to know him.
And I see exactly what Lucy once saw.
It’s going to be hard to go back to real life with a sunken heart.
“Okay. I’m in.”
Brady stands up and grabs Liam, tucking him under his arm like a football. He proceeds to run around the dining room table with them both cheering loudly.
I just roll my eyes, acting how I feel like a mom should while two boys are goofing off.
As they’re winding down, I stand. Grabbing a handful of dishes, I head into the kitchen to get a start loading the dishwasher.
I’m torn.
The longer I’m here, the more I consider breaking my promise to my sister and telling Brady that Liam is his.
I never one hundred percent agreed with my sister’s decision. It seemed so extreme and final, especially now that I’ve seen all the good that can come of them spending time together. I can only see that bond growing stronger if he knew.
I like to give people the benefit of the doubt.
Personally, I really feel that the guy should at least get a choice.
Yeah, there’s a lot of deadbeat dads out there. But how many dads are out there like Brady, totally unaware of the fact that they have fathered children?
