Page 15 of Because You Love Me

Before I could gape at this feisty woman disguised as my mother, Penny appeared instantly, her eyes wide with concern. She rushed toward me, my mother hot on her heels. She came to the bed, taking my face in her hands.

"Xander, are you alright?"

I turned my head and planted a kiss in her palm. "I'm great. It's going to all be okay." Her face scrunched in confusion, so I rose to my feet and took her hand in mine. "There's someone I'd like you to meet."

My mother hung up on Maury and gingerly slapped my father's shoulder for scaring her with the addendum. "I'm very angry with you." When she leaned in and pressed her lips to his, all was forgiven. The tenderness between them made me smile.

When I stood beside Penny, my father beaming up at me with excitement, I didn’t think about all the time we’d lost or all the ways we’d hurt each other. I thought about love and hope and enjoying the time we had left.

"Dad, I'd like you to meet the love of my life."

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