Alexander's POV
I got to the park forty minutes early and still managed to feel unprepared.
I had bought three different toys on the way over, unable to decide, standing in the middle of a toy store like a man who'd forgotten how to make decisions at all.
A remote-control dinosaur. A building set that promised to develop spatial reasoning, according to the box. A stuffed triceratops nearly as big as Kai himself, because Bella had mentioned once, years ago, back when she still told me things, that dinosaurs were her favorite, so I guess Kai might liked it too. Who knows.
But then I knew the rule, no gifts. She had been clear.
I brought them anyway, shoved into a canvas bag I kept glancing at like it might reveal me for the coward I was.
Bella arrived first, Kai's hand in hers, sungl
