Ed thought about what Omaha had said about wanting a family. It was true, he felt as if he'd finally found a family with Betty. He was now part of his son's life. He was working and he had a place to come home too. He still wondered how he got so lucky. And it was on the tip of his tongue, the question he wanted to ask Betty when she told him she'd made a decision.
"I want to adopt Ollie." She announced while she was pouring him a cup of decaf coffee.
He didn't know what to say. He was shocked, but he didn't want her to know, or did he?
At first, he said nothing. He wasn't even sure he could talk. He knew she was serious. Actually, he liked the idea of Ollie being adopted. He'd always wanted that for him.
Funny, how he'd hoped all those years ago that his son would be an adopted heir and have everything given to him. Honestly, he could now see he was glad that didn't happen. It was a silly wish. Still, he wanted Ollie to have a better life than he did. Yet, he felt a little jealous now.
"What about me?" He finally asked.
Her smile was sly and she laughed softly.
"I knew you would ask that." She told him he could stay as long as he liked. Nothing had really changed.
"But, what if it's indefinitely?" He asked.
"Are you sure you know the definition of that?" Betty crossed her arms and looked at him out of the corner of her sharp eyes. She reminded him of how he liked to travel. Didn't he have places he wanted to go?
"When did I say I wanted to go anywhere?" It was hard to look her in the eye.
"Oh, I dunno. When it's too cold or the humidity is too high." She shrugged.
"No place is perfect." He told her he couldn't think of anywhere else he really wanted to be. He wanted to be wherever she and Ollie were.
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