Going Solo (New Song) by Barrett Brenda

Author:Barrett, Brenda [Barrett, Brenda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jamaica Treasures
Published: 2014-03-25T00:00:00+00:00

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Carson tucked Mia into bed after Alice left at ten. She was all wired up and so excited that he did not know if she would be able to sleep.

"Dad, can you adjust the AC? It's hot in here."

Carson adjusted the AC and lay down beside Mia. He was still in his church clothes. They had played Phase 10 and had eaten homemade pizza. He had, like an idiot, begun to dream that this could be his life from now on.

"You aren't going to sleep now, are you?" he asked Mia.

"She asked me if I wanted us to go shopping on Monday," Mia said excitedly. "You heard, didn't you Dad? I wasn't dreaming, was I?"

"Nope. You heard right. You are going shopping with Alice." Carson laughed.

"Yes," Mia said. "I wonder what she's doing tomorrow."

Probably recovering from today, Carson thought. Facing Mia could not have been easy.

"I know what you are doing," Carson said to Mia. "You are going to Mystic Mountain with your Aunt Melody and Uncle Logan and your cousins."

"Oh, yes," Mia said. "I wish we could take Alice."

Carson turned off the light and murmured, "Go to sleep."

"Tell me a story," Mia said.

"Once upon a time there was a little crossed-eyed boy named Xavier."

"Uncle Xavier!" Mia said excitedly. "I love Uncle Xavier stories."

Carson chuckled. "Now Xavier couldn't see very well because he had a condition named Strabismus. It was so bad that the doctors said to his mother, Delores..."

"Grandma." Mia yawned.

"If you keep interrupting, the story will never end," Carson said wearily. "The doctor said, 'Miss Bell, your son needs surgery by the time he is eighteen or else it will be very painful for him.' But Miss Bell could not find the funds..."

He heard a little snuffling sound and when he looked over at Mia, she was fast asleep. He got up from the bed and kissed her on the cheek. He couldn't love her anymore if he tried. He really hoped that Alice would come to love her the same way one day.

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