Chapter 21 : Family Ties

*Delilah*

“Pizza’s here!” Andrew yelled from the open door.

“Yay!” the kids yelled, running at the door like they hadn’t eaten in a year.

I smiled at that and followed them in, walking past Andrew and trying not to breathe in the scent of him.

We went to the dining room and sat in our normal seats. Andrew’s parents were out doing something together that night, so it was just us. Andrew gave the kids their pizza as I got a piece of the supreme. It smelled so good, and I was starving.

The kids were hungry too because they instantly started eating, barely taking time to breathe.

I ate my pizza, trying to keep my mind from wandering back to the topic of Andrew and me. We weren’t anything, just two parents, co-parenting to the best of our abilities.

She watched as the kids talked to him animatedly, and his eyes never left them when they spoke to him. He liked them, and they liked him.

I started to realize that I didn’t hate him either, not anymore. He was young when he’d