i

to carefully take my son o

disapproval on my fac

cked at h

pping him or something,"

hat I was going to leave m

plied, still cradli

ew it was only a matter of ti

do you say

enever you please" I starte

ose other things you mentioned previously. This is a

smile morphed i

away, the sound of the bell that hung above the d

that I didn't even realize

ders for support like he usually did — is b

to try to even consider what exactly was making him shed crocodile tears

*

" Jacek was currently in the bathtub, ha

n walked through the doors of my shop

t! It's today" my voice

d as I tickl

and I have never seen a child be

s, mama!" He shouted and splashed some water in the tub,

e water ripples ending with the

uch a cu

and carried him, wrapped hi

e would be going to Disneyland. I felt so proud of him for ev

ied up, getting

oming, mama

that his memory

not," I said a

ntical one and mo

acial expressions almost making m

u get back?" I asked him, deliberately using that as a cover b

ma. I do

ng that my tru

is eyes, it gave me joy that I had spent a good amount of

nly asked, pointing to a kios

hip and pointed

" I asked him and he nodded his

towards the line, adjust

e, I attempted to wait till they passed b

m of people that had intercepte

it!" He

e from and I couldn't hide the shoc

oted in shock, the stream of people gone and only us s

he rude guy!"

su

ek, his face softening as tho

my name was?" He asked Jacek

an to fumble on my hip, stretching his arms

hat my son would somehow develop a fri

he motio

ely, he stretched his hands to

turned away,

pany right? You're not blind" I sc

mother"

friend" h

vince myself that I didn't need to dump a wh

u're not a child are you?" My ton

ger and irritation

ired back and I've never felt my che