"An impossible gift, really?" Leo clasped his little hands together, his face filled with longing.
Wayne Bailey curled his lips into a smile, "Yeah."
"Baby wants Momom, Baby misses Momom to come home!" Leo blurted out without thinking, "Daddy, I really miss Momom, I even dreamed about Momom last night!"
Wayne Bailey's eyes darkened, "Who allowed you to dream about her!"
"???"
"You already have Scarlett, and you still want Momom? How fickle can you get?"
Leo was speechless, "That's for you to worry about! You're the one who's supposed to give it!"
"Anything but them."
Leo's little shoulders slumped instantly, not caring for any other gift at all!
...
In the morning, Anna Jadwin came lazily down from the second floor, just awakened. Not seeing Wayne Bailey, she thought he had gone swimming in the sea again. But as she approached the living room, she heard Leo's crisp little voice:
"It's too hot! You want to scald Baby to death!"
