Baker
"Hey Baker, usually you're gone on Tuesday nights." Luci greets me as the boys drop their things in the playroom before snack time.
"Yes usually. I meet my daughter for dinner on Tuesdays. But tonight, she's coming here for dinner and I'd like you three to join us if you’re agreeable.” I leave the invitation open.
"I didn't know you had a daughter."
I give a slight nod. "I didn't either until about two years ago, Luci. Her name is Kylie.”
She reaches out, touching my arm. "Not by your choice, I'm guessing."
“It was not. My fiancée, Erica, did not want to wait for me while I was sent overseas. Sent me a breakup letter about a week after I left. She married someone else when she discovered she was pregnant. The pregnancy is what precipitated the breakup. Convinced her husband, O
