Chapter Five
Kai sat at the kitchen table drinking coffee and trying to forget the feel of Norah’s skin under his fingers. He shouldn’t have touched her this morning. He’d known it was a mistake even as his hand reached out and stroked a silky lock of hair. He couldn’t start anything with her. Especially when she was having someone else’s kid. He was a crappy uncle to Jaleesa’s kids. And if growing up with his mom taught him nothing else, it was that it was unfair to come into a kid’s life and then disappear.
However, Norah was going to be in his life, in his house, caring for his mom every day. He could only avoid her so much. He didn’t want her to think he disliked her because then she might quit.
“Kai.”
The sound of his mom’s voice caused a spear of dread to shoot through him. He lo
