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."

go," Hannah said to me, uninterested

with us," her dad said after shaking Dustin's hand, sparing

Hannah protested, clearly no

deep, dark eyes. Clearly, she was a beautiful mix of

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

said, her eyes brimming

dad, who

that, he scooped up Hannah and nodded at me before

back at

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

them

crossing paths with someone might be destiny, especially when

Dustin's voice brought

I said, settling back into

to that little girl," Dustin observed, catching me off

forgotten everything else in that

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

cute face flashed before