Sabrina
I was late. I had an early morning meeting, but I still had to get my nephew, Felix, to my mom’s so she could drop him at school. “Fox!” I called and he appeared in front of me suddenly.
“I’m right here, Auntie.”
“So you are.” I smiled down at him. “Did you brush your teeth?”
“Yep. See?” He bared his teeth.
I cupped his chin, staring into the eyes of my sister as I observed his handywork, then ran my thumb over his jaw. Sometimes the pain of losing Maria was almost too much to bear. “You did good, bud.”
He hugged me and sat up at my kitchen island again, focusing back on his coloring book.
“You ready to hang with Nonna for a little while?”
He c****d his head. “Will you still pick me up from the bus stop?”
“Of course. It’s the best part of my day.” I poured a travel cup of
