In which Tyson makes a confession.
Lowering Cooper from my hip to the patch of floor which served as his play area, I pressed a kiss to the top of his head before turning towards the door to see who had been lightly knocking for the past thirty seconds, pulling it open to find Alex on the other side.
“Hey, man,” I smiled widely. “This is a nice surprise.”
“Hey!” Despite my friendliness, he seemed a little tense. “It’s not a bad time, is it?”
“Not at all,” I shook my head, stepping aside and pulling the door open wider, “come on in. You know Stella’s not here, right?”
She had started her GED classes a few weeks ago and luckily, my boss at my new job was more understanding about my personal life than my previous employer, so we’d worked out a system where I didn’t work three nights a w
