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."

to me, uninterested in the

said after shaking Dustin's hand, sparing me

flights," Hannah protested, clearly no stranger

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

dad gently chided, but she

said, her eyes brimming with

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

that, he scooped up Hannah and nodded

to look back

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

watched them until

from view, reflecting on the notion that crossing paths with someone might be destiny, especially when you've shared

voice brought me

I said, settling back

that

I had forgotten everything else in

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

cute face flashed before my eyes, "Someone like