Chapter 0122

For a moment, I sat there in shock, looking at Elva and her wide, earnest eyes.

Nicholas wasn’t exactly the last person I thought she’d say. He had been visiting her a lot lately, he always seemed to make time for her. But I would have thought Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny would

have taken higher priority for a three year old

My face burned hot at the implication that Nicholas would well, we would have to be married for

Nicholas to be Elva’s father, wouldn’t we?

I cleared my throat. “Um, Elva, honey Nicholas can’t be your dad

Elva tilted her head. “Why not?”

“Someday he’s going to have his own family to take care of His own wife, and his own kids. He won’t

have time to spend with you and me

Elva’s shoulders slumped “Why?”

“We won’t be living here anymore then, and he’d have to travel away from them to see us. You wouldn’t

want him to make his family sad, just so he’d come to see us?

“But I’ll be sad

fell and my heart ached.

be a part of our family, Elva And he’ll be the best

hope

to the ground.

I

I could say to comfort her. I understood her attachment to

was good with Elva. He was

excellent husband. I remembered our days together. He was

willed with the rest of the world, but he always compromised with me. He

his time and his

we fought with one another, we would always make up before we went

had whispered as he caressed my cheek

unhappy”

where we would be married and taking

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the night, just as we had done in the past,

he

into the present There, I chastised myself for thinking

for good

we would never be together.

I

ago, maybe I would have never pursued him then either Our hearts had been so close, but our social classes were so

the

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