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 adults'

shaking Dustin's hand, sparing me from having

change flights," Hannah protested, clearly

princess but with deep, dark eyes. Clearly, she was a

a fuss," her dad gently chided, but she wasn't

really wanna fly with you," she said, her

dad, who apologized,

up Hannah and nodded at me before

to look back at me,

back, silently echoing her sentiment, "I'll miss you

them until

the notion that crossing paths with someone might be destiny, especially

fond of kids?" Dustin's voice brought me

I said, settling back into my

you looked really happy talking to that little girl," Dustin

forgotten everything else in that

beside me, "When you decide to settle down, would

Hannah's cute face flashed before my eyes, "Someone like