Facetime

“I miss you too, Buddy. I wish I was there to go to the park with you,” Felix replies.

“Come see me and Mama,” he says, dipping his face to kiss the screen.

It’s so sweet. We talk to Felix every night through Facetime. These two are thick as thieves. Dashawn looks forward to the calls and the visits even more. It’s been a few weeks, but I know Felix has been busy with work.

I’m sure he has a social life as well. I try not to take up too much of his time. I appreciate the fact that he always checks in no matter what. He has been on the road and dropped everything to call, if only for a few seconds.

“I’m coming. Promise,” he says, his eyes softening.

“How many sleeps?”

Felix chuckles. “One. I’ll fly in tonight and we can go to the park in the morning.”

“Felix, no,” I protest. “You can’t come running whenever he asks.”

“You hear something, Dae-Dae?” Felix asks looking around his apartment.

“Felix, he’s going to get used to you dropping everything for him. You can’t keep spoiling him like this,” I fuss.

“Yes, I can. He should get used to it. Do you need anything? I’ll probably get in late but I can make a stop on the way. Everything here is still open,” he offers.

“I’m fine. I planned to work on the book tonight.”

“Ah, so you need a sexy muse,” he winks. “I’m on it.”

I throw my head back and laugh. Little does he know he is my muse, whether here or there. He stars in all of my books and most of my dreams.

“Whatever, Felix,” I giggle.

“What? I’m sexy,” he says feigning hurt.

I bite my lip. I’m not going to embarrass myself with a reply. Reaching to comb a hand through my baby’s hair, I lift a brow at Felix. His eyes go to Dashawn and he sucks that sexy lower lip into his mouth and nods.

“Night, night, Dae-Dae. See you when you wake up,” he croons.

“Night, night, Lix. Love you,” Dae-Dae replies kissing the screen again.

“I love you too,” Felix replies. “See you guys later. I need to square away some things here before I fly out.”

“You’re so stubborn,” I growl.

“Me?” he touches his chest with wide eyes. “Yeah, we’ll have this conversation when I get there.”

There’s a hint of something hidden in his words. I shift on the couch, trying to ignore how his simple words can turn me on. He throws up a salute with his fingers and ends the call.

Dae-Dae turns to look up at me excitedly. His little eyes are glowing. Some days I wonder how in the world his mother was able to walk away from him. He is my world. I would bend time for him. If I could bring his dad back so he could have him in his life, I would.

“Go night, night, Mama. Lix coming,” he beams.

I kiss his forehead. Secretly thanking Felix for getting Dae-Dae to want to go to bed early. I can get to this book sooner.

“Come on, baby. We’ll get you in your PJs and you can go night, night,” I reply.