His Knees, His Pleas, But Our Son's in Peace

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I laughed, shaking my head. "Please, you'd last a whole five minutes before you got bored. And besides, I'm not letting anyone else near the coffee machine-especially not someone as... 'talented' as you in the kitchen." "Suit yourself," he replied, crossing his arms. "But you've been so busy with this Sunshine PACK project that I figured I'd take some of the

load."

I smiled, relaxing a bit. "It's not that bad. They're a huge organization, and there's a lot to figure out, but it's exciting. Their gardens are beautiful, by the way, so well-kept and peaceful. I actually met the older woman there-kind, graceful, reminded me of someone from another era. And there was this young girl too... she even gave me a painting as a gift."

Carlos listened, his eyes focused on me, really listening. I could see a certain admiration in his gaze. "That sounds incredible, Doris. It sounds like you're building something meaningful. Sunshine PACK's no small player; they've got serious resources to back you up. You keep at this, and you're bound to make something big happen."]

I gave a small shrug, trying not to get too carried away. "It's still just the beginning, though. We haven't finalized anything

ete."] beyond preliminary cooperation. I'm not getting my hopes up until there's something concrete."

and encouraging. "Don't downplay it. You've already got so far because of your determination. I know you'll make it

comforting. I hadn't expected him to take such an interest, and honestly, it made me

I said, looking over at him with a curious smile, "What have you been working on lately? Aside from offering your excellent coffee-making skills?" He laughed, then pulled a paper from his pocket. "I've been working on this research paper-medicine, mostly. It's got some new

don't understand a single word of this,

and I asked, "How's Cyrus doing? I haven't checked in

instantly. "He's doing great. He passed the

this." "Sure, no problem," I replied, moving slightly to give him some space. But as I stepped back, I realized I'd been standing much closer than I'd thought. That realization brought a strange, fluttering

mortified as I dropped to my knees, hurriedly gathering them up. I heard a woman's voice on the phone, sounding confused. "Is everything okay?"

a beat. "It's just a friend here with me. She's had a bit of

the documents, but my face was burning. The woman on the other end seemed curious. "A friend, huh? Well,

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