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“Okay”

“Nohat do you want to do today?” I ask

She ponders a rinning at me with a twinkle in her eye that I don’t often see

“Can we just hang out at your house?” she asks “Maybe bake so room, and watch movies We can wear our pajamas and have a junk day”

Junk day

My favorite tradition with Hope It’s where we eat the worst of all junk foods and lounge around like bu crafts, or even just talking about silly things like which Paw Patrol pup ith us if ere stuck on a deserted island

I say Chase because he could catch food with his contraptions, but she says Skye because she could just fly us off the island in her helicopter Yes, my child is smarter than I am

“Okay,” I say with a nod, more than okay with this plan My kid doesn’t want fancy lunches, to shop for pretty clothes, or to go bowling

She just wants to hang out within my life that could be better

CHAPTER 11

Asher

I pick up , then finish the last of ht caffeine addiction

Glancing at the clock on my desk, I wonder when Hannah will arrive I chose to work fro her, if only for a few moments

Really, I only need a glimpse Just a feords Perhaps reassurance that she’s still committed to this job I’m more than a little pissed she has weekends off and beyond frustrated I couldn’t spend the last few days playing with my new employee at The Wicked Horse

Oh, I tried to play at the club without Hannah, but that didn’t quite work out liked I’d hoped I spent a few lonely hours there Saturday night, finding that not one wo looked… dull