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

dad said after shaking Dustin's hand, sparing

clearly no stranger to

with deep, dark eyes. Clearly, she

dad gently chided, but she wasn't deterred, gazing at me

wanna fly with you," she said, her eyes brimming with hope, rendering

dad, who

scooped up Hannah and nodded at me before they turned

her neck to look back at me,

waved back, silently echoing her

watched them until

with someone might be

fond of kids?" Dustin's voice brought me

guess," I said, settling back into my

that

forgotten everything else

seat beside me, "When you decide to settle down, would you prefer a son

it, Hannah's cute face flashed