He left the room, and I stood up with Veer to head downstairs. When I got to the door, Effie was standing there. I bent down and kissed her on the forehead and said, "Good morning, beautiful. How did you sleep last night?" She smiled up at me and said, "Good morning, handsome. I slept really great last night. How did you sleep? Good morning bugger butt. How did you sleep? Did you sleep well? Mommy loves you so much."
She stood on her tiptoes to kiss Veer on the cheek, and then I handed her to him as he babbled at him. I chuckled at him and then said, "I'm glad that you slept well. I slept ok. I hate that I have to leave to go deal with this s**t. But at least I get a few more hours with you before I have to go."
We continued to talk as we walked downstairs to get breakfast. With the way
