Liora’s POV
Ezra came over the following afternoon.
I had already told Karl that he was coming, so there was no awkward surprise when the doorbell rang. I had spent enough time worrying about how their first meeting would go, but I had eventually realized that there was no perfect way to introduce the man I loved to my son. Karl knew who Ezra was because I had spoken about him, and Ezra knew how important Karl was to me. Everything else had to happen naturally.
When I opened the door, Ezra stood there with a small paper bag in one hand.
“Hi,” he said, his eyes immediately moving past me toward the apartment. “Am I interrupting anything?”
“No. Come in.”
He stepped inside, and I closed the door behind him.
Karl was sitting on the couch with a game controller in his hands, while Gina w
