Chapter Twenty-Two
Wade
“Eeeeeeek!”
At the wild screech, I turned to find a little boy barreling through the pasture. Without a blink, I took off at a run, far more relieved than I could imagine that my legs were easily twice as long as those belonging to the little boy.
Catching up to him in a matter of seconds, I swung him up in my arms and planted him on my shoulders before he had a chance to realize what was happening.
“Wow! How’d you do that?” the sandy-haired boy asked.
With my palms resting over his knees as I turned and headed back toward the barn, I replied, “It’s my superpower.”
He giggled.
“So that might’ve been funny, but I think you forgot the rules.”
“What rules?” he chirped. His small hands held onto my forearms as I reached the gate, opening it and walking through
