CHAPTER ELEVEN: IN HER FACE Maurene’S POV I froze, shock running through me in great waves. As if on instincts, I jerked my hands out of his grip and his eyes went wide open, fully awake and my eyes twitched in their sockets as he sat up. “Mommy,” His voice called and I flinched at it. I did not have a response for him. “Kai, you should sleep. You are going to school tomorrow and —” “Our birthday is coming, mommy. I want a daddy for my birthday gift.” He cut in, his eyes glinting fully at me and my heart broke at the longing in his eyes for a dad. “Kai, you know asking for a daddy is…” I swallowed hard. I hated refusing them. Especially things they ask of me. But a daddy… I don’t think I would be able to give them that anytime soon. “Today at the park, everyone played with their daddies and we did not have one to play with us.” His mouth pulled a sad pout as he dropped his head. Tears blurred my vision but I blinked them back. “What about Uncle Liam?
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