The burden of a bond

“I told you not to get out of the car!” Ivory said softly, yet her voice carried a displeased tone.

“Mommy, I just wanted to pee.”

“Ivory, could you stop yelling at the boy?”

“Just focus on driving, Willis. This is all your fault. I told you I didn’t want to go to that stupid conference anyway.”

“We already talked about this Ivory. I’m not about to rehash it. Besides, how long are you going to keep him away from…”

“Drive, Wills.” Ivory interjected.

The entire ride to the airport, Willis said nothing, only occasionally checking on her on the rear view mirror.

No matter how desperate she wanted to hide it, seeing Arlo bothered her, in fact, it did more than just bothering her.

However, Willis had not expected that he would show up.

Not after everything that had happened. Not after the way things ended, no, he didn’t expect him of all people to show up. Let alone meet his child for the first time under such tensed circumstances.

“By the way, what did Lori say to you…?” He finally a