chapter 23

Leo smiles at me, more grace on his lips than I deserve. "Just have Rex come over more and he can play with me. No problem!"

Yes, no problem. It would be so easy to have Rex as the live-in playmate for my son. He'd be so willing to, I bet. "Oh... yes, well, when he's in town, I'm sure he'll always be happy to play with you."

"Why can't he stay in town?"

It must all be so simple in his head. So confusing that we don't follow logic. "Leo, honey, Rex lives in LA. We talked about this."

"Yeah, but why can't he live here? Or we live there?"

Leo doesn't know who Rex is, which is great for my sanity. He's going to totally flip when he finds out his father is famous. All in due time, though. "You know, mijo, Rex didn't even know about you until recently."

Leo's eyes widen. "What?! But I'm his kid!"

I laugh. "Yes, I know."

"How could he not know?"

I sigh. How am I going to make this make sense to a four-year-old? "You know how I grew you in my tummy?"

"Yeah...?"

"Well, Rex didn't know you were