(Five Year Old Jake)
Mommy comes back too soon.
Me and Aunt Sophia don’t have the chance to reply to the man we picked for my new daddy, as we hurriedly log out of the screen and go back to doing our own things.
Of course, our little trick doesn't escape mommy’s notice.
But she knows that we had a special announcement to make, and she also knows that it’s a secret from her, so she doesn’t ask any questions, and goes straight to the kitchen with her groceries.
Once she’s out of sight, Aunt Sophia asks me if I can really accept Jason as my new daddy, if I won’t have any issues with calling him dad, if mommy ends up liking him.
I think about it.
Jason looks very tall and very neat, like a good protector should look.
But…
“Does he have shiny shoes?”
“He definitely looks like he has
