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

dad said after shaking Dustin's hand, sparing me

flights," Hannah protested, clearly no stranger to the ways of

deep,

dad gently chided,

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

to her dad, who apologized, "Sorry, she's quite

up Hannah and nodded at

neck to look back at me,

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

watched them until

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

kids?" Dustin's voice brought me back to

said, settling back

looked really happy talking to that little girl," Dustin observed, catching me off

had forgotten everything else in that

softly, not replying, and Dustin took a seat beside me, "When you decide to settle down, would you prefer

cute face flashed