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."

me, uninterested in

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

could change flights," Hannah protested, clearly no stranger

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

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

you," she said, her eyes brimming with hope,

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

scooped up Hannah and nodded at me before

back

silently echoing her sentiment,

watched them until

that crossing paths with someone might be destiny, especially

kids?" Dustin's voice brought me back to

settling back into my

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

everything else in

me, "When

really thought about it, Hannah's cute face flashed before my eyes, "Someone like her would