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He flashed nature smile “Couldn’t pass up a home cooked meal”
“They say the way to a h his stomach”
He cut into the baked chicken “You had ” He paused to chew the piece he’d put in hisThis tastes as good as it looks”
The clatter of Shawn’s plate hitting the floor got our attention He wore a proud s dumped his food onto his tray before he dropped the plate
I leaned down to pick it up “You’re such a little caveman”
I ran h his soft hair He did the same, only he had carrots in his hand that ended up hed as I picked out what I could, but gave up when Shawn deliberately put more in
Wemore food than he placed in his hair I took hiot back downstairs, I stopped at the sight of Malcol the kitchen He’d put the leftovers away and was in the process of loading the dishwasher I stood there, ad of his arer sweatpants like nobody’s business How the hell did he ood?
“You don’t have to do that”
He s his task “Told you division of labor You cooked I clean” He reached, out giving Shawn’s belly a squeeze “Killer PJs, buddy”
“Tho to the train character on his shirt
Readjusting him in my arms, I walked passed Mal to pick up the open bottle of Moscato I refilled, but he’d watched lasses coht so I could sleep?
Dr Carr had been tellingabout everything would help She’d ically healed by not bottling up things I continued to wait on thatabout Seth did was shine a spotlight on how naive I’d been The ga
Taking a seat on the floor in the living roo up a book to read to Shawn I read to hies faster than I could say the words, and listened to the quiet clinking of dishes as Mal finished up in the kitchen Shawn and I were on our third book by the time Malcolm came over to join us
I expected him to join us on the floor Instead, he opted for asthe end of the loveseat furthest away Shawn quickly flipped out ofhis book over to Malcolrabbed lass and watched the two of them interact If Malcolm ever had any reservations about Shawn, he never let it show No one did Either they hid it, or Shawn’s appearance didn’t bother theht made me feel worse, to think I was the only one put off by so he couldn’t control Malcol, and Shawn absolutely adored him
Shawn climbed down, and pulled Malcolm by the hand over to the toys