“I’m good,” Zach said. “I miss you.”
“Oh, sweetie, I miss you too,” she replied with a wobbly smile as her own twang slipped back into her voice. “Do you like school?”
“Yes,” he answered quietly.
“Do you have a girlfriend yet?”
“Kelsey!” Janelle reprimanded.
“No,” Zach said with a giggle.
Kelsey stifled a laugh of her own and turned to Patrick. His eyes danced with amusement. “No?” she asked. “Why not?”
“Because.” Zach giggled again. “You’re silly.”
“Silly? Why is that silly?”
“I’m only five.” He had a tone of exasperation.
“Oh, okay,” she said with a resigned sigh.
“We made jack o’ lanterns with Grandpa,” he said.
“Aw, how fun.” Kelsey wistfully remembered how she’d always loved watching her father carve pumpkins before Halloween. “Are they scary?”
“No, Zoe didn’t want scary,” he stated.
Kelsey nodded. She could understand how her two-and-a-half-year-old niece wouldn’t like a frightening jack o’ lantern.
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