Lumen knew people, especially humans, would never understand how much watching Hendrix, even from afar -- busy coding and not even minding her -- gave so much pleasure in her heart that she couldn’t describe.
I can stay this way forever for as long as we’re together. Lumen often thought of Hendrix whenever he would stay in their house or in the diner, to guard her.
There’s something about Hendrix that was pulling her toward him even as a kid. She remembered sitting on his lap as a young girl. She would fight with Grandpa Nzo for Hendrix’s attention whenever he would visit the coffee shop. Grandpa who was always drunk, would make her cry whenever he fought for uncle Hendrix to pick him over her.
Sometimes uncle Hendrix would play along and pick her grandpa but when she cried, uncle Hendr
