teny
ove everything Uncle
view and leaned her head against Beau's s
. Mommy will bring you
ker. "Daddy never comes home at night anyway. I'
sion softened
Beau promises to bring y
into my ribs and twisted my heart in two. Watching them comfort the child
urning moisture in my eyes, and wa
amilah were already waiting there. Beau tossed the big LEGO bag into t
wander off to?"
t look
vegetabl
he bags of asparagus and brocco
esn't eat a
him slap his fork onto the table and leave the room. Yet now, for Kamilah, he didn't even care about
oved and the woman he used actually made my chest feel ligh
flat, emot
irs and buy so
runk shut. "You didn't tell
pick out Kamilah's food, only to ditch me the second s
k what I g
try bags, breaking the standoff. Beau immediately turned tow
u sent me away to
beamed
as soon as we get home." Catching sight of me by the driver's door, she quic
he car door. Watching me slide into the seat without a
ocery bags on the dining table and went straight
Kamilah's hesitant voice
raw vegetables here. I do
lost in thought as he stared u
d voice broke
lah cook with a cut hand? Where did that w
hick in his voice. "Kamilah's hand isn't
m the driveway. The two bags of vegetables sat untouched on the dining table. Years ago, the estate had kitch
fridge. Just as I filled a pot of water to boil plain nood
t on emergency maternity leave," the Dean said. "Could
ld take about four weeks. Teaching at Columbia would keep me out
e it, Dea
diately assigned to lead a week-long closed-door urban design ch
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