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Twenty Three
Asher joins his uncle on the front porch step where they share a cup of coffee in silence for a while before his uncle speaks up. “I really like Dani. She seems like a really nice girl.”
“Yeah, she's wonderful.” Asher agrees.
When they had gotten to his uncle's house yesterday, Dani had been her usual sweet, charming and overall perfect self, immediately winning over his uncle Leo and Jace.
“I was glad to hear that she was a girl.” Leo says and Asher laughs.
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