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She laughs. “No, in my room.”
“Aw,” he pouts.
“But I can still play dinosaurs with you before bed,” I add.
“Okay,” he shrugs.
I look at Lucia. “Is that it?” I whisper.
“What did you think was going to happen?” she whispers back.
“I feel kind of underwhelmed.” I grin at her and she laughs.
“Wait for it.” She winks at me.
Matthias sits in silence for a few minutes and I obviously forgot how this kid’s mind works.
“Are you going to kiss?” he suddenly asks.
“Lots,” Lucia replies.
“Like Papa and Nana?”
“Yes.”
He makes a slightly disgusted face which makes me laugh and then I sit back and watch as Matthias asks his mom one hundred and one questions about what she just told him.
“Can we get a puppy? Like Blue?”
“No.”
“Will Jax take me to kindergarten?”
“Sometimes.”
“Will we have sleepovers at Jax’s house?”
“Yes.”
“Can we go to the beach in Jax’s truck?”
“Yes.”
“Will Jax have his own toothbrush?”
“Yes.”
The questions are endless and she answers each one with patience and a smile—I can’t believe how much I love this woman. But then he directs his final question to me.
“Will you be my new daddy?”
I sense Lucia bristle beside me. I open my mouth but for a few seconds nothing comes out. How the hell do I answer that? I go with my gut and hope I’m saying the right thing.
“If you want me to be, buddy, it would be my honor.”
He smiles at me but Lucia pushes back her chair and walks to the kitchen counter. I look over at her but she’s facing away from me with her hands splayed on the worktop. I can tell from the rhythmic movements of her shoulders that she’s crying.
Fuck! Have I blown this already?
