Chapter Forty-Five: Tuck Me In?

Hadley

“Can Trick help me with my homework tonight?”

My kid, she surprises me all the time. In the past few weeks we’ve been at Trick’s apartment, she’s become even more attached, but she’s never asked him to help with schoolwork.

“You’ll have to ask him,” I glance over my shoulder from where I’m doing the dishes. Funny how when I was with my ex-husband housework seemed just that – work. Here, with Trick, I enjoy it. I like the way his dark eyes light up when I’ve done something he didn’t expect me to do. The first night we were here, I changed the sheets on his bed. You would think I gave him a gold coin and told him it was worth a million dollars. He appreciates everything I do, and it means everything to me.

“Trick,” she kicks her feet where she’s sitting at the kitchen table. “Will you help me with my spelling words?”