Chapter 36- What we call Family.

It's been two days since the encounter we had with Nicolas' father and as much as I'm curious to know about him, I didn't want to hurt his or Mama's feelings by asking questions.

He and Mama were too good at pretending, but not enough to fool me.

His gorgeous smile was somewhere missing and Mama's sassy and hyper nature was on the low side from the last two days. I thought they wanted to deal with it on their own, hence I didn't pry but it hurts to see the two people I love the most in the world going through this.

So today Kia and I are baking a cake for her Nicky uncle and Mama in their absence. I glanced at Kia who was sitting on the countertop watching me mix the cake batter. "Ari?"

"Yes, Kia baby.", I answered while I wiped my hands on the apron and walked over to her.

She stretched her arms and hugged me closely. I hugged her back, "What's wrong Kia?"

"I'm happy.", she announced while she released herself from the hug." You will never leave me and Nicky uncle?", she continued as