Kamara said, "You'll discover that eccentricities and tenacity are the same. So stubborn."

"Kamara, what do you mean by that?" he inquired, looking at her.

However, she remained silent and merely grinned, content to make fun of him.

Holding the boy's hand, he remarked, "I'll take Sterling to meet Jessie," but Kamara interrupted.

Threateningly, she said, "You're not taking my son to that house. Caiden, we've already discussed this."

"I believe you're exaggerating," he remarked as he observed Kamara bringing him closer to her. "So let's avoid getting into a fight over this. Jessie will follow me here."

Suppressing her own anguish at witnessing him so ready to be with...