Chapter Thirty Seven

SIENNA

I didn't know what to make of what he just said, only that my heart was beating wildly within my chest. I was tempted to lean forward and kiss him but I decided to take my gaze away from him and I stared ahead into the distance. I didn't know what it was, but I just know that whatever that I felt for Sylvester had evolved into something deeper. We continued to stroll along the park and I continued to observe the playing children that passed us by as we played. He led me across to the cotton candy stand that stood at the one corner of the park and after the cone of cotton candy.

I looked in awe at the fluffy pink candy and took a bite. As a child, I was never really allowed to have much candy, my father would always want me to eat healthy and would tell me that I had to be strong for whatever was to come. I guess now I know that he was talking about the responsibilities of being in charge that I had to face. I wished I was a kid again, I wish I was one of those kids running ar