No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

A man approached me, tipping his hat politely, "Sorry, my little one's been a bother."

"Ha, no bother at all. I'm adorable," the girl immediately corrected her dad, her smile infectious.

I couldn't help but smile back, "Hannah's a delight. I'm quite fond of her."

"Ha, like you too," she said, her words a bit muddled.

I patted her head and turned to her dad, "For a moment, I thought both her parents were from overseas."

The man's expression darkened for a split second. Though it was fleeting, I caught it.

Realizing my blunder, I quickly added, "Sorry..."

He just nodded slightly and reached out his hand to Hannah, "Come on, sweetheart, time to board our flight."

"Can't you come with us?" Hannah clung to me, unwilling to let go.

I was about to tell her we weren't on the same flight when Dustin came over, brandishing our boarding passes.

He extended a hand to Hannah's dad, "Nice to meet you."

said to me, uninterested in the

with us," her dad said after shaking Dustin's hand, sparing me from having to

protested, clearly no stranger

deep, dark eyes. Clearly, she was a beautiful

don't make a fuss," her dad gently chided, but she wasn't deterred, gazing at me

really wanna fly with you," she said, her eyes brimming with

her dad, who apologized,

Hannah and nodded at me before they turned to

to look back

silently echoing her sentiment, "I'll miss you

watched them

crossing paths with someone might be destiny, especially when you've shared

kids?" Dustin's voice brought me back

guess," I said, settling back into my

to that little

had forgotten everything else

beside me, "When you decide to settle

cute face flashed before my eyes, "Someone like her would be