I stopped moving around to look at him. The kid was close to tears. “I think he’s hungry.”
“It’s not hunger,” Ash rubbed the side of his head gently and then AJ stopped, his face relaxing as he pulled Ash’s finger out of his mouth. “There you go, no more pain.”
“Pain?” frightened, I pulled him up into my arms.
“Yeah, his gums hurt.” He stood up, holding the empty bag of chips up, “Probably the chilly chips you were eating.”
I was so worried. I didn’t think to stop him when he pulled my chilly coated thumb into his mouth. “Mommy is sorry. I was distracted by your daddy’s craziness.”
“Lee, he’s going to be fine. And besides you have a few years to prepare for it. First we have to prepare for the Hunka ceremony.”
“What?”
“The naming ceremony.”
I rolled my eyes and sat back down, “You
