Feelings fade. What I feel for him doesn't. So I don’t know what this is anymore.

”Mommy, Pierce brought me into this huge play ground and then he bought me toys. But I told him that you’ll get mad so I said he should just buy me one.” My son told me stories about their errands a while ago.

I smiled raw and nodded at him. I patted his head and kissed the crown of his head. I saw Pierce’s eyes piercing into me. Like he’s reading my expression and he knows something’s up.

”And mommy, my teacher told me that we need to draw our family and color it....