Full of Surprises

Amaya

“There’s something else as well,” I continued, and her face dropped again.

“Don’t tell me you’ve been hiding a whole niece or nephew from me as well?” she exclaimed, glancing around the room as though she expected the secret child to come sprinting out from behind the bed. I shook my head.

“Nothing like that,” I promised her, chuckling. “That’s a long way down the line. But we wanted to ask you …”

I hesitated for a moment. Should I give her some time to process everything I’d just dumped on her head? Or should I just get it all out there now and let her make her own decision? All of this was happening so quickly, and I didn’t want my baby sister to be left out of a single thing.

“We wanted to ask you if you would consider living with us.” I grinned, and she stared at me again, silent, as though she was waiting for me to tell her I was just fooling and not to get so excited. I didn’t contradict myself. Her eyebrows shot up.

“You’re serious?” she shrieked, and I nodded. I leaned o