You are not his mother.

Ashley securely fastened Asher to the baby chair in the back seat of the car. It was his one-year birthday in a few days and she had offered to be in charge of planning, definitely not one of the wisest decisions she had made in a long while but it was worth it. Henry had looked utterly confused about the whole thing and where to start, he had even considered not having a party but Ashley was not having it at all.

It was a good thing they had paid for an event planner to handle it, it was still hard to make all the decisions but she wouldn’t deprive Asher of this very important moment in his life, the few months with him, she knew she loved him so much just like he was her own.

She hopped into the car. “Good morning Barry”

“Good morning Ashley"

“Where are we going today?”

She showed him the address on her phone.

Not quite long after they were on their way, the drive was relaxing, she and Barry chatted away with Asher making input now and then.

They got to the mall, she was pushi