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 adults'

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

clearly no stranger to the ways of air

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

don't make a fuss," her dad gently chided,

you," she said, her

looked to her dad, who

and nodded at me before

look back at me,

silently echoing her sentiment, "I'll miss

them

from view, reflecting on the notion that crossing paths with someone might

kids?" Dustin's voice brought me back to

I said, settling back into

really happy talking to that

everything else in

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

flashed