Chapter 65

Kamari's Point of View

The blanket was tucked up to his chin. Made Keanu seem a whole lot smaller than he actually was. A child wrapped comfortably in bed but I knew the brave heart that beat underneath all that.

"Why didn't you want Malakai to tuck you in?" I asked, tucking away some stray hairs from his face.

Keanu beamed up at me, a rather large gap in his front teeth. One was significantly smaller than the other. He was ten and his grown teeth weren't all in yet. How adorable.

"Because I wanted to say goodbye before I left tomorrow morning. Daddy is coming in before the sun is up and I just... I just wanted to say thank you." He stammered and a blush crept up on his cheeks.

I cocked up an eyebrow. "However much I appreciate that Nu, if your dad is coming that early you should have been in bed a long time ago. Don't you think? Besides. You had no guarantee that I would even show up to help Malakai."

"I knew you would," His little smirk looked almost identical to his older brot