Chapter 39 Blakely
Blakely
Halloween
Every year, Amari has a Halloween parade at her school.
The parents are invited to watch the kids walk through the auditorium in their costumes.
Amari is Belle this year. Lately, she’s been wanting to be princesses for Halloween.
It brings back so many memories of when Bryn was her age and couldn’t wait to dress up as a princess.
Liam had surgeries all day, so he couldn’t make it, giving me some relief to know I won’t have to worry about him and Kai being around each other. Kai hasn’t seen Liam since I told him how our relationship was affecting him. Which would have intensified the tension.
"Hey, did I miss her?” Kai says between his breaths, as if he ran here.
“No.” A flood of emotions floods through me as Kai stands right next to me.
A silence between us of unresolved feelings.
My heart races, thinking back to when he was in between my legs.
I’m caught in a tug-of-war, which has more of a hold on me than I ever imagined it would.
Kai seems to be normal. Like we didn’t just have that intimate interaction between the two of us.
“There she is.” He points toward our Belle, who is walking with her classmates.
Her wide grin raises so high the minute she sees us, and it brings a beautiful light into her eyes, knowing both her parents are here.
The light in her eyes warms my hearts so much.
She deserves both parents here for her for every holiday and every moment, big or small, together as a family. I never want that light to leave.
“Hi!” she says, waving her hands, overly excited.
I look over at Kai, watching his soft expression as he looks at our daughter.
He deserves to be here, too. He deserves to see her grow up with each milestone.
I want him to experience the first of everything with her, just like we always have.
He watches our daughter walk out of sight, a smile on his face.
It warms my heart even more to know how far he’s come to be here and watch our daughter grow up.