Chapter 8

JASAMINA

I'm giving Jaimie his evening bath smiling, the way he's growing is really surprising. He was giggling and playing with the soap.

He stared at me and flashed gums without teeth in them. "Yaiii!"

"Yaii!" I shot right back as I ran my hand all over his little body. I splashed little water on him and he laughed out loud.

"You love playing with water, don't you?" I said splashing more water on him.

I've never seen a child who loves water more like him. Not that I've seen many children of course. I'm the only child of my parents and I'm just twenty years old.

I brought my mind back to the present and stared at my child good-naturedly. "Will you want me to put you back in the tub if I bring you out again?"

"Yaii!" He beat his hand in the water, splashing it.

I laughed a little and carried him out of the water. The smile cleared from his face, he cooed sounds as if in a complaint.

"You'll be in the water again soon enough, young man," I promised him as we entered the s