Chapter Nine
Tom
With Mia at home, together with Mal, it feels silly to keep dropping Elly off at her grandparents’ all the time. She always went there because it was free babysitting, which was very handy especially after Poppy’s death, but now Elly’s got other adults in her life, she doesn’t really need to go there all the time. And now that we’ve started to form our own little family, it feels like I shouldn’t depend on them as much anymore.
I ring the bell at Mal’s parents’ place, and instead of one of his parents, Mal opens the door himself, Elly on his arm, my girl brightly smiling.
“Welcome home.” Mal grins and I raise an eyebrow at him, not really sure why he’s here. “I was going for a walk and remembered that you’d be picking her up soon. I thought it was a good two-for-one.”
