Date = 10 July
Four days after the airport fiasco.
Place = San Francisco (UCSF Medical Center)
Taking the girls to meet my sister.
POV - Aria
The sun’s out, the sky ridiculously blue, and the breeze smells like lemons and clean pavement. I could kiss the whole world right now.
Enrique leans closer to me as we approach the main entrance.
“Hey.”
“Hmm?”
“I’m proud of you,” he says softly. “You’ve held so much together lately.”
I blink at him. “You’re the one who bought an entire Build-A-Bear store just to make them happy.”
“Yes,” he says solemnly. “Because parenthood is sacrifice.”
I smile. “You’re ridiculous.”
“I’m yours.”
Oh.
Oh, that’s not fair.
I lean up and kiss his cheek, fast and firm, before the kids can notice — though I’m pretty sure River sees. She doesn’t say anyth
