∞ ♡ ∞ Christa Wednesday night passed uneventfully, with Jess volunteering to do the dishes after dinner and me finding myself sitting cross-legged on the floor while Ethan played video games beside me. He seemed easier with me than I expected, but maybe that was because he didn’t really see me as a parental figure. Or maybe it’s because I bought pizza for dinner and had his favorite video games on hand. Having once been a seventeen-year-old boy, I prepared pretty well for this visit. Even if on some level, I’d known I was trying to buy his love before Jess pointed it out. I’d missed a lot of birthday and Christmas presents, after all. What harm could buying him a PS4 do? And an Xbox? He seemed happy with them. Most of Thursday morning was taken up with preparation for dinner. After goi

