❛ THERE’S my girl ! ❜ is exclaimed enthusiastically, the smile on his face is genuine, bright even. full of anticipation he’s listening intently to all the things the social worker is rattling off.
arms stretched out in the pick-up position, he waits for her to come closer so that he can pull mia into his arms. ❛ guess what? i got you TONS of toys at home & we are going to have so much fun! ❜
without a second thought, her arms shot out before her and towards his open arms. the smile upon the social worker’s face beamed with joy as she handed the two year old over into his arms. he arms she was familiar with, the arms she loved. they were the first arms she ever felt at home in. with a mother who had left her daughter for a high, and a father whose life was taken by a needle in the arm; love and comfort was never something she was used to. but alex, alex showed her in just the short time they had already spent together what LOVE was.
‘ for me? ’ she beamed as her blue eyes locked into his his with happiness and excitement.