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If I could, I would laugh too, but I forgot how. Even a smile seems alien to me. “You already have one—Tristan.”

Sky shakes her head. “Tristan is my father. But one day, I will have a dad. And maybe a brother or a sister.”

An awkward silence falls around the table.

I know Sky wants a real family, but I can’t give her that.

“I think it will be only you and I,” I let Sky know. “And, of course, your father, and then there are Katherine and Glenn and Zeke. And many others. If you don’t want me to be your mom anymore, I understand. And one day your father will find a female he likes, and he will marry her, and she can be your new mom.”

Sky thinks for a moment. “Father once told me he only likes men. And I still want you to be my mom.”

I frown. “But he liked your mother so much, they had you.” Sky shrugs. Is there something I am missing? “I am honored to be your mom.”

Someone knocks on the door.

Kevin stands. “I will talk to Jordan and make him see reason about you not wanting to be in a re